To create a reliable radiomic nomogram for the prediction of the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) grading ≥ 3 prostate cancer (PCa) patients.
patients with verified PCa were obtained from three different hospitals. The patients were divided into training, internal validation, and two external validation groups. A radiomic signature (rad-score) extracted from T2WI, diffusion-weighted imaging, and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps were constructed in the training cohort. Eight clinical features were performed to develop a clinical model using univariate and multivariate logistic regression. The combined model incorporated the radiomic signature and clinical model. The model's performance was assessed by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.
Rad-score, magnetic resonance imaging T-stage, and ADC value were significant predictors of ISUP ≥ 3 PCa. A nomogram of these three factors was shown to have greater diagnostic accuracy than using only the radiomic signature or clinical model alone. The area under the ROC curve was 0.85, 0.88, 0.81, 0.81 for the training, internal, and two external validation cohorts, respectively. In the stratified analysis based on the MR scanner model, the area under the ROC curve of predicting ISUP ≥ 3 PCa for GE, Siemens, and combined groups were 0.84, 0.83, and 0.84, respectively, in the combined training group and an internal validation group.
The proposed nomogram has the potential to predict the differentiation degree of ISUP PCa patients.
Clinical radiology. 2024 Apr 24 [Epub ahead of print]
Y Zhang, Z Li, C Gao, L Zhang, Y Huang, H Qu, C Shu, Y Wei, M Xu, F Cui
Department of Radiology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address: ., Department of Radiology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China., Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China., Department of Radiology, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China., Department of Urology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China., Department of Pathology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China., Advanced Analytics, Global Medical Service, GE Healthcare, Hangzhou, 310007, China., Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address: ., Department of Radiology, Hangzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address: .