An evaluation of chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer by dual-energy CT
CHEN Lifang1, FU Gangze1, HUANG Dingpin1, MAN Yi1, JIN Yin2, DONG Qiantong3, HUANG Yingbao1, CHEN Yongchun1, WANG Hongqing1
1.Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015; 2.Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015; 3.Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015
CHEN Lifang,FU Gangze,HUANG Dingpin, et al. An evaluation of chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer by dual-energy CT[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2018, 48(12): 898-902.
Abstract:Objective: To explore parameters for the objective evaluation and prediction of chemotherapy efficiency by characterizing the imaging parameters of dual-energy CT scanning before and after chemotherapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer. Methods: Fifty-two patients with advanced gastric cancer confirmed by gastroscopy and pathology were collected consecutively. Dual-energy enhanced CT scanning was performed before and after chemotherapy to obtain the morphological and functional parameters of the tumors, including maximum diameter, maximum thickness, maximum cross-sectional area, volume, standardized iodine value in both artery and venous phases and volume iodine content. The changes of each parameter were also calculated. According to RECIST1.1 criteria, patients were divided into chemotherapy effective group and chemotherapy ineffective group. Mann-whitney U was used to compare parameters. Results: After chemotherapy, all values of the parameters in the chemotherapy effective group were significantly decreased (P<0.05), with the change of volume iodine content in artery and venous phase being the most significant. Changes in maximum thickness, maximum cross-sectional area, volume and iodine content in artery and venous phases in chemotherapy effective group were significantly higher than those in the ineffective group (P<0.01). Before chemotherapy, the maximum thickness in the effective group was significantly higher than that in the ineffective group (P=0.036). Conclusion: The changes of volume iodine content in venous phase by dual-energy CT might be a new parameter for the evaluation of chemotherapy efficiency, and together with morphological parameters, it may provide an accurate prediction for the chemotherapy effect on the advanced gastric cancer.
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