Serafini Alessandro, Ruggeri Valeria, Inchingolo Riccardo, Gatti Marco, Guarneri Alessia, Maino Cesare, Ippolito Davide, Grazioli Luigi, Ricardi Umberto, Faletti Riccardo
Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin 10126, Italy.
Department of Radiology, University of Brescia, Brescia 25123, Italy.
World J Hepatol. 2022 Sep 27;14(9):1790-1803. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v14.i9.1790.
BACKGROUND: Although stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is increasingly used, its application has not yet been regulated by the main international guidelines, leaving the decision to multidisciplinary teams. AIM: To assess magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with SBRT, highlighting the efficacy of the treatment and the main aspects of the lesion before and after the procedure. METHODS: As part of a retrospective study, 49 patients who underwent SBRT for HCC between January 2013 and November 2019 were recruited. Each patient underwent a pre-treatment MRI examination with a hepatospecific contrast agent and a similar follow-up examination within 6 mo of therapy. In addition, 22 patients underwent a second follow-up examination after the first 6 mo. The following characteristics were analysed: Features analysed compared to pre-treatment MRI examination, presence or absence of infield and outfield progression, ring-like enhancement, signal hyperintensity in T2-weighted sequences in the perilesional parenchyma, capsular retraction, and "band" signal hypointensity in T1-weighted gradient echo fat saturated sequences obtained during hepatobiliary excretion. RESULTS: Signal hyperintensity in the T2-weighted sequences showed a statistically significant reduction in the number of lesions at the post-SBRT first control ( = 0.0006). Signal hyperintensity in diffusion-weighted imaging-weighted sequences was decreased at MRI first control ( 0.0001). A statistically significant increase of apparent diffusion coefficient values from a median of 1.01 to 1.38 at the first post-control was found ( 0.0001). Capsular retraction was increased at the late evaluation ( = 0.006). Band-like signal hypointensity in the hepatobiliary phase was present in 94% at the late control ( = 0.006). The study of the risk of outfield progression infield progression revealed a hazard ratio of 9. CONCLUSION: The efficacy of SBRT should be evaluated not in the first 6 mo, but at least 9 mo post-SBRT, when infield progression persists at very low rates while the risk of outfield progression increases significantly.
背景:尽管立体定向体部放射治疗(SBRT)的应用日益广泛,但其应用尚未得到主要国际指南的规范,决策权留给了多学科团队。 目的:评估接受SBRT治疗的肝细胞癌(HCC)的磁共振成像(MRI)特征,突出治疗效果以及治疗前后病变的主要方面。 方法:作为一项回顾性研究的一部分,招募了2013年1月至2019年11月期间接受SBRT治疗HCC的49例患者。每位患者在治疗前接受了使用肝特异性造影剂的MRI检查,并在治疗后6个月内进行了类似的随访检查。此外,22例患者在最初6个月后进行了第二次随访检查。分析了以下特征:与治疗前MRI检查相比分析的特征、野内和野外进展的有无、环状强化、病灶周围实质T2加权序列中的信号高强化、包膜回缩以及在肝胆排泄期获得的T1加权梯度回波脂肪饱和序列中的“带状”信号低强化。 结果:T2加权序列中的信号高强化在SBRT后的首次对照时病变数量有统计学显著减少(P = 0.0006)。扩散加权成像加权序列中的信号高强化在MRI首次对照时降低(P < 0.0001)。首次对照后发现表观扩散系数值从中位数1.01显著增加至1.38(P < 0.0001)。晚期评估时包膜回缩增加(P = 0.006)。晚期对照时94%的患者在肝胆期出现带状信号低强化(P = 0.006)。对野外进展与野内进展风险的研究显示风险比为9。 结论:SBRT的疗效不应在最初6个月评估,而应至少在SBRT后9个月评估,此时野内进展持续处于极低水平,而野外进展风险显著增加。
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