Radiomics analysis of pre-treatment [18F]FDG PET/CT for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer undergoing palliative systemic treatment.
E J van HeldenY J L VacherW N van WieringenF H P van VeldenH M W VerheulO S HoekstraR BoellaardCatharina Willemien Menke-van der Houven van OordtPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2018)
We demonstrated an association between improved clinical outcome and pre-treatment low tumour volume and heterogeneity as well as high sphericity on [18F]FDG PET. Future PET imaging research should include radiomics features that incorporate tumour volume and heterogeneity when correlating PET data with clinical outcome.