Xuming Chen, Fanrui Meng, Ping Zhang, Lei Wang, Shengyu Yao, Chengyang An, Hui Li, Dongfeng Zhang, Hongxia Li, Jie Li, Lisheng Wang, Yong Liu
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Establishing a Deep Learning Model That Integrates Pretreatment and Midtreatment Computed Tomography to Predict Treatment Response in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Purpose: Patients with identical stages or similar tumor volumes can vary significantly in their responses to radiation therapy (RT) due to individual characteristics, making personalized RT for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) challenging. This study aimed to develop a deep learning model by integrating pretreatment and midtreatment computed tomography (CT) to predict the treatment response in NSCLC patients.
Methods and materials: We retrospectively collected data from 168 NSCLC patients across 3 hospitals. Data from Shanghai General Hospital (SGH, 35 patients) and Shanxi Cancer Hospital (SCH, 93 patients) were used for model training and internal validation, while data from Linfen Central Hospital (LCH, 40 patients) were used for external validation. Deep learning, radiomics, and clinical features were extracted to establish a varying time interval long short-term memory network for response prediction. Furthermore, we derived a model-deduced personalize dose escalation (DE) for patients predicted to have suboptimal gross tumor volume regression. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and predicted absolute error were used to evaluate the predictive Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors classification and the proportion of gross tumor volume residual. DE was calculated as the biological equivalent dose using an /α/β ratio of 10 Gy.
Results: The model using only pretreatment CT achieved the highest AUC of 0.762 and 0.687 in internal and external validation respectively, whereas the model integrating both pretreatment and midtreatment CT achieved AUC of 0.869 and 0.798, with predicted absolute error of 0.137 and 0.185, respectively. We performed personalized DE for 29 patients. Their original biological equivalent dose was approximately 72 Gy, within the range of 71.6 Gy to 75 Gy. DE ranged from 77.7 to 120 Gy for 29 patients, with 17 patients exceeding 100 Gy and 8 patients reaching the model's preset upper limit of 120 Gy.
Conclusions: Combining pretreatment and midtreatment CT enhances prediction performance for RT response and offers a promising approach for personalized DE in NSCLC.
期刊介绍:
International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (IJROBP), known in the field as the Red Journal, publishes original laboratory and clinical investigations related to radiation oncology, radiation biology, medical physics, and both education and health policy as it relates to the field.
This journal has a particular interest in original contributions of the following types: prospective clinical trials, outcomes research, and large database interrogation. In addition, it seeks reports of high-impact innovations in single or combined modality treatment, tumor sensitization, normal tissue protection (including both precision avoidance and pharmacologic means), brachytherapy, particle irradiation, and cancer imaging. Technical advances related to dosimetry and conformal radiation treatment planning are of interest, as are basic science studies investigating tumor physiology and the molecular biology underlying cancer and normal tissue radiation response.