In:
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, MDPI AG, Vol. 24, No. 4 ( 2023-02-16), p. 3988-
Abstract:
Radiogenomic heterogeneity features in 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) have become popular in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) research. However, the reliabilities of genomic heterogeneity features and of PET-based glycolytic features in different image matrix sizes have yet to be thoroughly tested. We conducted a prospective study with 46 NSCLC patients to assess the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) of different genomic heterogeneity features. We also tested the ICC of PET-based heterogeneity features from different image matrix sizes. The association of radiogenomic features with clinical data was also examined. The entropy-based genomic heterogeneity feature (ICC = 0.736) is more reliable than the median-based feature (ICC = −0.416). The PET-based glycolytic entropy was insensitive to image matrix size change (ICC = 0.958) and remained reliable in tumors with a metabolic volume of 〈 10 mL (ICC = 0.894). The glycolytic entropy is also significantly associated with advanced cancer stages (p = 0.011). We conclude that the entropy-based radiogenomic features are reliable and may serve as ideal biomarkers for research and further clinical use for NSCLC.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1422-0067
DOI:
10.3390/ijms24043988
Language:
English
Publisher:
MDPI AG
Publication Date:
2023
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2019364-6
SSG:
12
