Could Ultrasound‐Based Radiomics Noninvasively Predict Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer?
Open Access
- 24 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
- Vol. 39 (10), 1897-1905
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.15294
Abstract
Objectives This work aimed to investigate whether quantitative radiomics imaging features extracted from ultrasound (US) can noninvasively predict breast cancer (BC) metastasis to axillary lymph nodes (ALNs). Methods Presurgical B‐mode US data of 196 patients with BC were retrospectively studied. The cases were divided into the training and validation cohorts (n = 141 versus 55). The elastic net regression technique was used for selecting features and building a signature in the training cohort. A linear combination of the selected features weighted by their respective coefficients produced a radiomics signature for each individual. A radiomics nomogram was established based on the radiomics signature and US‐reported ALN status. In a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, areas under the curves (AUCs) were determined for assessing the accuracy of the prediction model in predicting ALN metastasis in both cohorts. The clinical value was assessed by a decision curve analysis. Results In all, 843 radiomics features per case were obtained from expert‐delineated lesions on US imaging in this study. Through radiomics feature selection, 21 features were selected to constitute the radiomics signature for predicting ALN metastasis. Area under the curve values of 0.778 and 0.725 were obtained in the training and validation cohorts, respectively, indicating moderate predictive ability. The radiomics nomogram comprising the radiomics signature and US‐reported ALN status showed the best performance for ALN detection in the training cohort (AUC, 0.816) but moderate performance in the validation cohort (AUC, 0.759). The decision curve showed that both the radiomics signature and nomogram displayed good clinical utility. Conclusions This pilot radiomics study provided a noninvasive method for predicting presurgical ALN metastasis status in BC.Keywords
Funding Information
- the General Program Foundation of the Health Department of Zhejiang Province (2016KYA077)
- the Foundation for the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province (2015ZQ024)
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