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Whole Lesion Histogram Analysis Derived From Morphological MRI Sequences Might be Able to Predict EGFR- and Her2-Expression in Cervical Cancer.
Academic Radiology 2018 October 12
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Histogram analysis is an imaging analysis in which a whole tumor can be assessed, and every voxel of a radiological image is issued into a histogram. Thereby, statistically information about tumor can be obtained. The purpose of the study was to analyze possible relationships between histogram parameters derived from conventional MRI sequences and several histopathological features in cervical squamous cell carcinomas.
METHODS: A total of 18 female patients (age range 32-79 years) with squamous cell cervical carcinoma were retrospectively enrolled into the study. In all cases, pelvic MRI with a clinically protocol was performed. Histogram analysis was performed as a whole lesion measurement, calculating several percentils, minimum, mean, median, mode, maximum, kurtosis, skewness, and entropy. Histopathological parameters included expression of epidermal-growth factor (EGFR), vascular endothelial growth factor, hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha, Her2, and Histone 3. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to analyze associations between investigated parameters.
RESULTS: Several pre- and postcontrast derived T1-weighted parameters correlated inversely with EGFR expression. For precontrast T1-weighted images, the strongest correlation was found for p90 (ρ = -0.77, p = 0.004). For postcontrast T1-weighted images, the strongest correlation was observed for minimum (ρ = -0.64, p = 0.021). Several parameters derived from T2-weighted images were statistically significant different between Her2-positive and Her2 negative tumors. Skewness had the best p-value ( p = 0.004).
CONCLUSIONS: Histogram analysis parameters of T1-weighted and T2-weighted images reflect HER2 status and EGFR expression in cervical cancer. Histogram parameters cannot predict cell count, proliferation index, or angiogenesis related histopathological features.
METHODS: A total of 18 female patients (age range 32-79 years) with squamous cell cervical carcinoma were retrospectively enrolled into the study. In all cases, pelvic MRI with a clinically protocol was performed. Histogram analysis was performed as a whole lesion measurement, calculating several percentils, minimum, mean, median, mode, maximum, kurtosis, skewness, and entropy. Histopathological parameters included expression of epidermal-growth factor (EGFR), vascular endothelial growth factor, hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha, Her2, and Histone 3. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to analyze associations between investigated parameters.
RESULTS: Several pre- and postcontrast derived T1-weighted parameters correlated inversely with EGFR expression. For precontrast T1-weighted images, the strongest correlation was found for p90 (ρ = -0.77, p = 0.004). For postcontrast T1-weighted images, the strongest correlation was observed for minimum (ρ = -0.64, p = 0.021). Several parameters derived from T2-weighted images were statistically significant different between Her2-positive and Her2 negative tumors. Skewness had the best p-value ( p = 0.004).
CONCLUSIONS: Histogram analysis parameters of T1-weighted and T2-weighted images reflect HER2 status and EGFR expression in cervical cancer. Histogram parameters cannot predict cell count, proliferation index, or angiogenesis related histopathological features.
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