2022
Response assessment methods for patients with hepatic metastasis from rare tumor primaries undergoing transarterial chemoembolization
Adam LC, Savic LJ, Chapiro J, Letzen B, Lin M, Georgiades C, Hong KK, Nezami N. Response assessment methods for patients with hepatic metastasis from rare tumor primaries undergoing transarterial chemoembolization. Clinical Imaging 2022, 89: 112-119. PMID: 35777239, PMCID: PMC9470015, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2022.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConventional transarterial chemoembolizationLipiodol depositionHepatic metastasesResponse assessment methodsPartial responseTransarterial chemoembolizationResponse assessmentTumor primaryStratification of responseRare primary tumorResponse Evaluation CriteriaRetrospective bicentric studyAssessment of responseQuantitative European AssociationLiver metastasesMajor complicationsBicentric studyPrimary tumorRare tumorEarly surrogateTreatment responseCT scanPatientsRECISTSolid tumors
2021
Lipiodol Deposition and Washout in Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors After Chemoembolization
Nezami N, VAN Breugel JMM, Konstantinidis M, Chapiro J, Savic LJ, Miszczuk MA, Rexha I, Lin M, Hong K, Georgiades C. Lipiodol Deposition and Washout in Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors After Chemoembolization. In Vivo 2021, 35: 3261-3270. PMID: 34697157, PMCID: PMC8627740, DOI: 10.21873/invivo.12621.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConventional trans-arterial chemoembolizationTrans-arterial chemoembolizationNeuroendocrine tumorsColorectal carcinomaIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaLipiodol depositionWashout rateContrast-enhanced magnetic resonanceMetastatic liver tumorsColorectal carcinoma tumorsLiver metastasesHepatic metastasesTumor responseTarget lesionsRetrospective analysisLiver tumorsSmall tumorsChemoembolizationCarcinoma tumorsTumorsExponential washoutCarcinomaTomography imagingWashoutCholangiocarcinomaLipiodol as an intra-procedural imaging biomarker for liver tumor response to transarterial chemoembolization: Post-hoc analysis of a prospective clinical trial
Letzen BS, Malpani R, Miszczuk M, de Ruiter QMB, Petty CW, Rexha I, Nezami N, Laage-Gaupp F, Lin M, Schlachter TR, Chapiro J. Lipiodol as an intra-procedural imaging biomarker for liver tumor response to transarterial chemoembolization: Post-hoc analysis of a prospective clinical trial. Clinical Imaging 2021, 78: 194-200. PMID: 34022765, PMCID: PMC8364875, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConventional trans-arterial chemoembolizationMedian overall survivalProspective clinical trialsLipiodol depositionTumor responsePredictive biomarkersClinical trialsModified Response Evaluation CriteriaPost-TACE CTResponse Evaluation CriteriaMetastatic liver cancerKaplan-Meier analysisTrans-arterial chemoembolizationTumor response criteriaLiver tumor responsePrediction of survivalSelective drug targetingArterial embolizationLiver metastasesOverall survivalBland-Altman plotsTransarterial chemoembolizationPortal veinTumor respondersHepatocellular carcinoma
2020
Automated feature quantification of Lipiodol as imaging biomarker to predict therapeutic efficacy of conventional transarterial chemoembolization of liver cancer
Stark S, Wang C, Savic LJ, Letzen B, Schobert I, Miszczuk M, Murali N, Oestmann P, Gebauer B, Lin M, Duncan J, Schlachter T, Chapiro J. Automated feature quantification of Lipiodol as imaging biomarker to predict therapeutic efficacy of conventional transarterial chemoembolization of liver cancer. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 18026. PMID: 33093524, PMCID: PMC7582153, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75120-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConventional transarterial chemoembolizationLipiodol depositionTransarterial chemoembolizationLiver cancerPeripheral depositionLipiodol depositsTherapeutic efficacyNecrotic tumor areasBaseline MRITherapy optionsTumor responseTreatment responseTumor volumeLiver lesionsLipiodolH postTumor areaH-CTHounsfield unitsBiomarkersChemoembolizationHigh rateTumorsCancerImproved response
2019
Comparing HCC arterial tumour vascularisation on baseline imaging and after lipiodol cTACE: how do estimations of enhancing tumour volumes differ on contrast-enhanced MR and CT?
Luedemann WM, Geisel D, Gebauer B, Schnapauff D, Chapiro J, Wieners G, Steffen I, Kahn J. Comparing HCC arterial tumour vascularisation on baseline imaging and after lipiodol cTACE: how do estimations of enhancing tumour volumes differ on contrast-enhanced MR and CT? European Radiology 2019, 30: 1601-1608. PMID: 31811428, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-019-06430-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLipiodol depositionNative CT scansTumor volumeTumour vascularisationTechnical successHCC patientsCE-CTCT scanDifferent imaging modalitiesImaging modalitiesContrast-enhanced CTContrast-enhanced MRPearson correlation coefficientBaseline imagingSubgroup analysisRespective regression coefficientsCT groupLinear regression analysisCE-MRICE-MRVascularisationCTContrast phasesPatientsCTACETheranostic application of lipiodol for transarterial chemoembolization in a VX2 rabbit liver tumor model
van Breugel JMM, Geschwind JF, Mirpour S, Savic LJ, Zhang X, Duran R, Lin M, Miszczuk M, Liapi E, Chapiro J. Theranostic application of lipiodol for transarterial chemoembolization in a VX2 rabbit liver tumor model. Theranostics 2019, 9: 3674-3686. PMID: 31281506, PMCID: PMC6587357, DOI: 10.7150/thno.32943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOil Red OPerfusion indexMicrovascular densityLipiodol depositionLiver cancerTherapeutic efficacyVX2 tumorsContrast-enhanced CT scanRabbit liver tumor modelTumor-specific functionsNon-tumoral liverLiver tumor modelRadiological-pathological correlationVX2 rabbit liver tumor modelPortal flowTransarterial chemoembolizationLeft lobeLipiodol retentionTherapeutic managementPatient responseTumor vascularityTumor volumeArterial flowCT scanTumor perfusion
2015
Intraprocedural 3D Quantification of Lipiodol Deposition on Cone-Beam CT Predicts Tumor Response After Transarterial Chemoembolization in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Wang Z, Chen R, Duran R, Zhao Y, Yenokyan G, Chapiro J, Schernthaner R, Radaelli A, Lin M, Geschwind JF. Intraprocedural 3D Quantification of Lipiodol Deposition on Cone-Beam CT Predicts Tumor Response After Transarterial Chemoembolization in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. CardioVascular And Interventional Radiology 2015, 38: 1548-1556. PMID: 26001366, PMCID: PMC4651808, DOI: 10.1007/s00270-015-1129-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, HepatocellularChemoembolization, TherapeuticCone-Beam Computed TomographyContrast MediaEthiodized OilFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansImage EnhancementImaging, Three-DimensionalLiverLiver NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeConceptsLipiodol depositionConventional transarterial chemoembolizationTumor responseOverall tumor volumeTumor volumeCE-MRIHepatocellular carcinomaTransarterial chemoembolizationTumor necrosisContrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imagingNecrotic tumour volumeResponse Evaluation CriteriaT-testMagnetic resonance imagingStudent's t-testMethodsThis IRBTarget lesionsRetrospective analysisSolid tumorsResonance imagingSpearman rank-order correlationPatientsCone-beam CTCBCTChemoembolization