Prediction of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis Status in Breast Cancer Based on PET/CT Radiomics

A Study on the Construction of a Comprehensive Predictive Model for Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer

Patients with suspected breast cancer undergoing PET/CT at our hospital. The PET/CT center's chief physician and senior attending physician reviewed the films together and disagreement, if any, was resolved by consensus. The lesion was visually identified. A 3D region of interest(ROI) of the lesion was automatically outlined using the 40% threshold method, and PET metabolic parameters were measured . Breast lesions with radionuclide concentrations greater than those in normal breast tissue are considered to be breast cancer lesions, while lymph nodes with radionuclide concentrations greater than those in muscle tissue are considered to be metastatic lymph nodes.

Image segmentation: Image segmentation was performed using ITK-SNAP software (4) (version 3.6.0, http://www.itksnap.org/), Brush Style: circular, Brush Size: 10, Brush Options: 3D. The entire tumor volume was outlined on the PET image as ROI for segmentation.

An open source Python package (PyRadiomics version 3.0.1(5)) was used to extract the radiomics features from the ROI.

Univariate and multivariate binary logistic regressions were used to construct model for predicting lymph node metastasis in breast cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

100

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with breast cancer undergoing PET/CT at our hospital.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 1) 18F-FDG PET/CT for breast occupancy; 2) adult female patients with pathologically confirmed breast cancer (age ≥18 years); 3) no history of surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy before 18F-FDG PET/CT; and 4) interval between 18F-FDG PET/CT and puncture/surgery ≤2 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1) multifocal, bilateral, or occult breast cancer; 2) incomplete clinical or pathological data; 3) poor PET/CT image quality, when metabolic tumor volume(MTV) cannot be automatically segmented; and 4) concomitant malignant tumors.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Axillary lymph node metastasis
PET Radiomics
No axillary lymph node metastasis

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Radiomics score
Time Frame: 1 day During the inspection
Higher radiomics scores indicate better model prediction performance
1 day During the inspection

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

May 10, 2023

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

May 1, 2024

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 12, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 21, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

April 24, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 9, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 7, 2023

Last Verified

April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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