The use of texture-based radiomics CT analysis to predict outcomes in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer treated with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.

CONCLUSIONS:: The model predicting patient survival following SABR in NSCLC may be useful in future studies by enabling prediction of survival-based outcomes using radiomics features in CT images.
ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE:: Quantitative image features from NSCLC nodules on CT images have been found to significantly separate patient populations based on overall survival (p = 0.04). In the long term, a non-invasive method to estimate treatment outcomes in patients undergoing SABR would be valuable, especially since access to tissue specimens is often difficult in these cases.
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Source: The British Journal of Radiology - November 20, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Starkov P, Aguilera TA, Golden DI, Shultz DB, Trakul N, Maxim PG, Le QT, Loo BW, Diehn M, Depeursinge A, Rubin DL Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research