Early survival prediction after intra-arterial therapies: a 3D quantitative MRI assessment of tumour response after TACE or radioembolization of colorectal cancer metastases to the liver
Chapiro J, Duran R, Lin M, Schernthaner R, Lesage D, Wang Z, Savic LJ, Geschwind JF. Early survival prediction after intra-arterial therapies: a 3D quantitative MRI assessment of tumour response after TACE or radioembolization of colorectal cancer metastases to the liver. European Radiology 2015, 25: 1993-2003. PMID: 25636420, PMCID: PMC4458393, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3595-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntra-arterial therapyColorectal liver metastasesTransarterial chemoembolizationPatient survivalHazard ratioLiver metastasesOverall survivalResponse assessmentVolumetric tumour response assessmentCox proportional hazard ratiosMethodsThis retrospective analysisProportional hazard ratiosKaplan-Meier analysisColorectal cancer metastasisTumor response assessmentTumor analysisEarly survival predictionQuantitative MRI assessmentMRI assessmentTumor responseLesion volumeRetrospective analysisMultivariate analysisPatientsPredictive role