Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 84: Macrovascular Networks on Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Improves Survival Prediction in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 84: Macrovascular Networks on Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Improves Survival Prediction in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11010084 Authors: Josep Puig Carles Biarnés Pepus Daunis-i-Estadella Gerard Blasco Alfredo Gimeno Marco Essig Carme Balaña Angel Alberich-Bayarri Ana Jimenez-Pastor Eduardo Camacho Santiago Thio-Henestrosa Jaume Capellades Javier Sanchez-Gonzalez Marian Navas-Martí Blanca Domenech-Ximenos Sonia Del Barco Montserrat Puigdemont Carlos Leiva-Salinas Max Wintermark Kambiz Nael Rajan Jain Salvador Pedraza A higher degree of angiogenesis is associated with shortened survival in glioblastoma. Feasible morphometric parameters for analyzing vascular networks in brain tumors in clinical practice are lacking. We investigated whether the macrovascular network classified by the number of vessel-like structures (nVS) visible on three-dimensional T1-weighted contrast–enhanced (3D-T1CE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could improve survival prediction models for newly diagnosed glioblastoma based on clinical and other imaging features. Ninety-seven consecutive patients (62 men; mean age, 58 ± 15 years) with histologically proven glioblastoma underwent 1.5T-MRI, including anatomical, diffusion-weighted, dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion, and 3D-T1CE sequences after 0.1 mmol/kg gadobutrol. We assessed nVS related to the...
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