Pre-treatment CT radiomics to predict 3-year overall survival following chemoradiotherapy of esophageal cancer.

Ruben T H M LarueRemy KlaassenArthur JochemsRalph T H LeijenaarMaarten C C M HulshofMark I van Berge HenegouwenWendy M J SchreursMeindert N SosefWouter van ElmptHanneke W M van LaarhovenPhilippe Lambin

Published in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2018)

A RF model predicting 3-year overall survival based on pretreatment CT radiomic features was developed and validated in two independent datasets of esophageal cancer patients. The radiomics model had better prognostic power compared to the model using standard clinical variables.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
computed tomography
image quality
lymph node metastasis
magnetic resonance imaging
rectal cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
rna seq
pet ct