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- The study evaluates the effectiveness of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) metrics in predicting responses to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.
- A retrospective analysis of 94 patients was conducted using MRI data to assess pre- and post-treatment ADC values, which were correlated with the tumor regression grade (TRG) after surgery.
- Results indicated that while pre-ADC values did not correlate with TRG, post-ADC and changes in ADC values were significantly associated with patient responses and overall survival rates, highlighting their potential as predictive markers in treatment outcomes.
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Background: the aim of this study is to assess the performance of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in predicting the response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (CRT) and outcome in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC).
Materials And Methods: ninety-four patients with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pre- and post-neoadjuvant treatment were retrospectively enrolled. Three regions of interest (ROIs) were manually drawn on three different slices of the tumor for every DWI sequence. ROIs were positioned to include only high signal areas and avoid artifacts or necrotic areas. ROIs were automatically copied onto the corresponding ADC maps and the system derived three different ADC values, distinguishing between mean, maximum, and minimum values, and the standard deviation (SD). Only mean ADC values were considered. After surgical intervention, pTNM and the Mandard tumor regression grade (TRG) were obtained. Patients with a TRG of 1-2 were classified as responders, while patients with a TRG from 3 to 5 were classified as non-responders.
Results: no correlation was found between pre-ADC values and TRG classes, while post-ADC and ΔADC values showed a significant correlation with TRG classes (r = -0.285, = 0.002 and r = -0.290, = 0.019, respectively). Post-ADC values were statistically different between responders and non-responders ( = 0.019). When considering the relation between overall survival (OS) and ADC values, pre-ADC showed a negative correlation with OS (r = -0.381, = 0.001), while a positive correlation was found between ΔADC values and OS (r = 0.323, = 0.013). According to ΔADC values, the mean OS time between responders and non-responders showed a significant difference ( = 0.030). A statistical difference was found between TRG classes and OS ( = 0.038) and by dividing patients in responders and non-responders ( = 0.019).
Conclusions: the pre-ADC and ΔADC values could be used as useful predictors for patient prognosis, thus helping the treatment planning. On the other hand, the post-ADC values, thanks to their relationship with the TRG classes, could be the ideal tool to predict the histopathological response and plan a conservative approach to the treatment of rectal cancer.
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