In this study, the feasibility and accuracy of PET-CT-based radiomics in preoperative prediction of clinical and pathological stages for esophageal cancer (EC) patients was investigated using a sample of 100 EC patients. The authors observed accurate prediction ability with combined PET and CT radiomics in the prediction of T stage, lymph node metastasis (LNM), and pstage, showing that PET-CT-based radiomics is a promising tool to improve the diagnosis and management of patients with EC.
Key points:
- PET-CT radiomics achieved the best performance for Node and pathological stage prediction.
- CT radiomics achieved the best AUC for T stage prediction.
- PET-CT radiomics is feasible and promising to stratify stages for EC preoperatively.
Authors: Xiyao Lei, Zhuo Cao, Yibo Wu, Jie Lin, Zhenhua Zhang, Juebin Jin, Yao Ai, Ji Zhang, Dexi Du, Zhifeng Tian, Congying Xie, Weiwei Yin & Xiance Jin
