Cancer medicine · 2020
Prognostic value of MRI-determined cervical lymph node size in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
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Huang Cheng-Long, Chen Yang, Guo Rui, Mao Yan-Ping, Xu Cheng, Tian Li, Liu Li-Zhi, Lin Ai-Hua, Sun Ying, Ma Jun, Tang Ling-Long
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prognostic value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-determined cervical lymph node (CLN) size in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 2066 patients with NPC treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and randomly divided them into two groups, in a 1:1 ratio. One group was used for training (the training group), and the other one was for internal validation (the validation group). All patients had undergone MRI examination and the maximal axial diameters (MAD) of the axial plane of all positive nodes had been measured and recorded.
RESULTS: Of 683 patients with CLN metastases in the training group (n = 1033), MAD = 4 cm was associated with worse OS (64.7% vs 84.6%, P < .001), DFS (55.9% vs 76.3%, P = .001), and DMFS (67.6% vs 86.1%, P = .001). Multivariate analysis showed that MAD = 4 cm was a significant negative prognostic factor for OS (HR = 2.058; P = .025), DFS (HR = 1.727; P = .049), and DMFS (HR = 2.034; P = .036). When MRI-determined MAD = 4 cm was classified as N3 in the N classification, the OS, DFS, DMFS, and RRFS survival curves were well separated. The OS, DFS, DMFS, and RRFS concordance indexes were not statistically different between the proposed N staging system and the UICC/AJCC staging system in the training group, or between the training group and the validation group (all P = .05).
CONCLUSION: MAD = 4 cm on axial MRI slices can be recommended as a prognostic factor in future versions of the UICC/AJCC NPC staging system.
METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 2066 patients with NPC treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and randomly divided them into two groups, in a 1:1 ratio. One group was used for training (the training group), and the other one was for internal validation (the validation group). All patients had undergone MRI examination and the maximal axial diameters (MAD) of the axial plane of all positive nodes had been measured and recorded.
RESULTS: Of 683 patients with CLN metastases in the training group (n = 1033), MAD = 4 cm was associated with worse OS (64.7% vs 84.6%, P < .001), DFS (55.9% vs 76.3%, P = .001), and DMFS (67.6% vs 86.1%, P = .001). Multivariate analysis showed that MAD = 4 cm was a significant negative prognostic factor for OS (HR = 2.058; P = .025), DFS (HR = 1.727; P = .049), and DMFS (HR = 2.034; P = .036). When MRI-determined MAD = 4 cm was classified as N3 in the N classification, the OS, DFS, DMFS, and RRFS survival curves were well separated. The OS, DFS, DMFS, and RRFS concordance indexes were not statistically different between the proposed N staging system and the UICC/AJCC staging system in the training group, or between the training group and the validation group (all P = .05).
CONCLUSION: MAD = 4 cm on axial MRI slices can be recommended as a prognostic factor in future versions of the UICC/AJCC NPC staging system.
Предметные рубрики MeSH
Disease ProgressionFemaleHumansLymph NodesLymphatic MetastasisMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNasopharyngeal CarcinomaNasopharyngeal NeoplasmsNeoplasm StagingPredictive Value of TestsProgression-Free SurvivalRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime Factors