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2018
vol. 83 abstract:
Original paper
Magnetic resonance imaging in locally advanced rectal cancer: quantitative evaluation of the complete response to neoadjuvant therapy
Nicola Tarallo
,
Maria Gloria Angeretti
,
Elena Bracchi
,
Genti Xhepa
,
Valeria Molinelli
,
Chiara Tagliaferri
,
Paolo Antognoni
,
Raffaele Novario
,
Fausto Sessa
,
Carlo Fugazzola
© Pol J Radiol 2018; 83: e554-e563
Online publish date: 2018/12/17
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Purpose
To assess the diagnostic performance of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for the discrimination of complete responder (CR) from the non-complete responder (n-CR) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) undergoing chemotherapy and radiation (CRT). Material and methods Between December 2009 and January 2014, 32 patients (33 lesions: one patient had two synchronous lesions) were enrolled in this retrospective study. All patients underwent a pre- and post-CRT conventional MRI study completed with DWI. For both data sets (T2-weighted and DWI), the pre- and post-CRT tumour volume (VT2; VDWI) and the tumour volume reduction ratio (∆V%) were determined as well as pre- and post-CRT apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and ADC change (∆ADC%). Histopathological findings were the standard of reference. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were generated to compare performance of T2-weighted and DWI volumetry, as well as ADC. Results The area under the ROC curve (AUC) revealed a good accuracy of pre- and post-CRT values of VT2 (0.86; 0.91) and VDWI (0.82; 1.00) as well as those of ΔVT2% (0.84) and ΔVDWI% (1.00) for the CR assessment, with no statistical difference. The AUC of pre- and post-CRT ADC (0.53; 0.54) and that of ΔADC% (0.58) were significantly lower. Conclusions Both post-CRT VDWI and ΔVDWI% (AUC = 1) are very accurate for the assessment of the CR, in spite of no significant differences in comparison to the conventional post-CRT VT2 (AUC = 0.91) and ΔVT2% (AUC = 0.84). On the contrary, both ADC and ΔADC% values are not reliable. keywords:
magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging, rectal cancer, chemoradiation therapy |