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Use of Quantitative T2-Weighted and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Texture Features of Bladder Cancer and Extravesical Fat for Local Tumor Staging After Transurethral Resection.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine whether quantitative T2-weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) texture features of bladder cancer and extravesical fat are predictive of muscle invasive bladder cancer (category ≥ T2) and extravesical (category ≥ T3) disease after transurethral resection of a bladder tumor (TURBT). MATERIALS AND METHODS. In this retrospective study, 36 patients (27 men, nine women; mean age, 71 years) were identified who underwent post-TURBT MRI followed by cystectomy without intervening treatment from August 2011 through October 2016. Texture features of bladder cancer and extravesical fat adjacent to the tumor on T2-weighted and ADC images were extracted and compared between category ≤ T2 versus ≥ T3 and category T1 versus ≥ T2 tumors by means of Kruskal-Wallis or Mann-Whitney U test. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed, and ROC curves were calculated. RESULTS. Twenty-six of the 36 (72%) tumors were ≥ T2, and 53% (19/36) were ≥ T3. In multivariate analysis, bladder cancer entropy on T2-weighted images (p = 0.006; odds ratio [OR], 4.56; 95% CI, 1.49-20.41; AUC, 0.85) and ADC maps (p = 0.019; OR, 2.24; 95% CI, 1.13-5.31; AUC, 0.80) and extravesical fat entropy on T2-weighted images (p = 0.005; OR, 17.50; 95% CI, 3.01-200.80; AUC, 0.84) and ADC maps (p = 0.002; OR, 6.54; 95% CI, 1.90-32.40; AUC, 0.82) remained greater for ≥ T3 than for ≤ T2 tumors. In multivariate analysis, bladder cancer entropy on ADC maps (p = 0.027; OR, 2.11; 95% CI, 1.08-5.03; AUC, 0.76) and extravesical fat entropy on T2-weighted images (p = 0.010; OR, 5.33; 95% CI, 1.25-3.79; AUC, 0.78) and ADC maps (p = 0.029; OR, 3.80; 95% CI, 1.25-16.97; AUC, 0.74) remained greater for category ≥ T2 compared with category T1 tumors. CONCLUSION. Greater entropy of primary bladder cancers and extravesicular fat was observed in category ≥ T3 than in category ≤ T2 and in category ≥ T2 than in category T1 tumors. MRI texture analysis can help with local bladder cancer staging in patients who have undergone TURBT and may serve as a biomarker for higher local category bladder cancers.

Authors

Lim CS; Tirumani S; van der Pol CB; Alessandrino F; Sonpavde GP; Silverman SG; Shinagare AB

Journal

American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol. 212, No. 5, pp. 1060–1069

Publisher

American Roentgen Ray Society

Publication Date

May 1, 2019

DOI

10.2214/ajr.18.20718

ISSN

0361-803X

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