Radio-anatomical evaluation of clinical and radiomic profile of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging of de novo glioblastoma multiforme.

Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a fatal, fast-growing, and aggressive brain tumor arising from glial cells or their progenitors. It is a primary malignancy with a poor prognosis. The current study aims at evaluating the neuroradiological parameters of de novo GBM by analyzing the brain multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) scans acquired from a publicly available database analysis of the scans.

Methods: The dataset used was the mpMRI scans for de novo glioblastoma (GBM) patients from the University of Pennsylvania Health System, called the UPENN-GBM dataset. This was a collection from The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA), a part of the National Cancer Institute. The MRIs were reviewed by a single diagnostic radiologist, and the tumor parameters were recorded, wherein all recorded data was corroborated with the clinical findings.

Results: The study included a total of 58 subjects who were predominantly male (male:female ratio of 1.07:1). The mean age with SD was 58.49 (11.39) years. Mean survival days with SD were 347 (416.21) days. The left parietal lobe was the most commonly found tumor location with 11 (18.96%) patients. The mean intensity for T1, T2, and FLAIR with SD was 1.45E + 02 (20.42), 1.11E + 02 (17.61), and 141.64 (30.67), respectively (p =  < 0.001). The tumor dimensions of anteroposterior, transverse, and craniocaudal gave a z-score (significance level = 0.05) of - 2.53 (p = 0.01), - 3.89 (p < 0.001), and 1.53 (p = 0.12), respectively.

Conclusion: The current study takes a third-party database and reduces physician bias from interfering with study findings. Further prospective and retrospective studies are needed to provide conclusive data.