Establishment of a Prediction Model Based on Preoperative MRI Radiomics for Diffuse Astrocytic Glioma, IDH-Wildtype, with Molecular Features of Glioblastoma

Purpose: In 2021, the WHO central nervous system (CNS) tumor classification criteria added the diagnosis of diffuse astrocytic glioma, IDH wild-type, with molecular features of glioblastoma, WHO grade 4 (DAG-G). DAG-G may exhibit the aggressiveness and malignancy of glioblastoma (GBM) despite the lo...

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Main Authors: Peng Du, Xuefan Wu, Xiao Liu, Jiawei Chen, Aihong Cao, Daoying Geng
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author Peng Du
Xuefan Wu
Xiao Liu
Jiawei Chen
Aihong Cao
Daoying Geng
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Xuefan Wu
Xiao Liu
Jiawei Chen
Aihong Cao
Daoying Geng
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description Purpose: In 2021, the WHO central nervous system (CNS) tumor classification criteria added the diagnosis of diffuse astrocytic glioma, IDH wild-type, with molecular features of glioblastoma, WHO grade 4 (DAG-G). DAG-G may exhibit the aggressiveness and malignancy of glioblastoma (GBM) despite the lower histological grade, and thus a precise preoperative diagnosis can help neurosurgeons develop more refined individualized treatment plans. This study aimed to establish a predictive model for the non-invasive identification of DAG-G based on preoperative MRI radiomics. Patients and Methods: Patients with pathologically confirmed glioma in Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, between September 2019 and July 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Furthermore, two external validation datasets from Wuhan Union Hospital and Xuzhou Cancer Hospital were also utilized to verify the reliability and accuracy of the prediction model. Two regions of interest (ROI) were delineated on the preoperative MRI images of the patients using the semi-automatic tool ITK-SNAP (version 4.0.0), which were named the maximum anomaly region (ROI1) and the tumor region (ROI2), and Pyradiomics 3.0 was applied for feature extraction. Feature selection was performed using a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) filter and a Spearman correlation coefficient. Six classifiers, including Gauss naive Bayes (GNB), K-nearest neighbors (KNN), Random forest (RF), Adaptive boosting (AB), and Support vector machine (SVM) with linear kernel and multilayer perceptron (MLP), were used to build the prediction models, and the prediction performance of the six classifiers was evaluated by fivefold cross-validation. Moreover, the performance of prediction models was evaluated using area under the curve (AUC), precision (PRE), and other metrics. Results: According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 172 patients with grade 2–3 astrocytoma were finally included in the study, and a total of 44 patients met the diagnosis of DAG-G. In the prediction task of DAG-G, the average AUC of GNB classifier was 0.74 ± 0.07, that of KNN classifier was 0.89 ± 0.04, that of RF classifier was 0.96 ± 0.03, that of AB classifier was 0.97 ± 0.02, that of SVM classifier was 0.88 ± 0.05, and that of MLP classifier was 0.91 ± 0.03, among which, AB classifier achieved the best prediction performance. In addition, the AB classifier achieved AUCs of 0.91 and 0.89 in two external validation datasets obtained from Wuhan Union Hospital and Xuzhou Cancer Hospital, respectively. Conclusions: The prediction model constructed based on preoperative MRI radiomics established in this study can basically realize the prospective, non-invasive, and accurate diagnosis of DAG-G, which is of great significance to help further optimize treatment plans for such patients, including expanding the extent of surgery and actively administering radiotherapy, targeted therapy, or other treatments after surgery, to fundamentally maximize the prognosis of patients.
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spelling doaj.art-d0995edc7b2a4f1681e056c6aff8e4fe2023-11-19T16:00:30ZengMDPI AGCancers2072-66942023-10-011520509410.3390/cancers15205094Establishment of a Prediction Model Based on Preoperative MRI Radiomics for Diffuse Astrocytic Glioma, IDH-Wildtype, with Molecular Features of GlioblastomaPeng Du0Xuefan Wu1Xiao Liu2Jiawei Chen3Aihong Cao4Daoying Geng5Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, ChinaShanghai Gamma Hospital, Shanghai 200040, ChinaSchool of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221000, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, ChinaPurpose: In 2021, the WHO central nervous system (CNS) tumor classification criteria added the diagnosis of diffuse astrocytic glioma, IDH wild-type, with molecular features of glioblastoma, WHO grade 4 (DAG-G). DAG-G may exhibit the aggressiveness and malignancy of glioblastoma (GBM) despite the lower histological grade, and thus a precise preoperative diagnosis can help neurosurgeons develop more refined individualized treatment plans. This study aimed to establish a predictive model for the non-invasive identification of DAG-G based on preoperative MRI radiomics. Patients and Methods: Patients with pathologically confirmed glioma in Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, between September 2019 and July 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Furthermore, two external validation datasets from Wuhan Union Hospital and Xuzhou Cancer Hospital were also utilized to verify the reliability and accuracy of the prediction model. Two regions of interest (ROI) were delineated on the preoperative MRI images of the patients using the semi-automatic tool ITK-SNAP (version 4.0.0), which were named the maximum anomaly region (ROI1) and the tumor region (ROI2), and Pyradiomics 3.0 was applied for feature extraction. Feature selection was performed using a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) filter and a Spearman correlation coefficient. Six classifiers, including Gauss naive Bayes (GNB), K-nearest neighbors (KNN), Random forest (RF), Adaptive boosting (AB), and Support vector machine (SVM) with linear kernel and multilayer perceptron (MLP), were used to build the prediction models, and the prediction performance of the six classifiers was evaluated by fivefold cross-validation. Moreover, the performance of prediction models was evaluated using area under the curve (AUC), precision (PRE), and other metrics. Results: According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 172 patients with grade 2–3 astrocytoma were finally included in the study, and a total of 44 patients met the diagnosis of DAG-G. In the prediction task of DAG-G, the average AUC of GNB classifier was 0.74 ± 0.07, that of KNN classifier was 0.89 ± 0.04, that of RF classifier was 0.96 ± 0.03, that of AB classifier was 0.97 ± 0.02, that of SVM classifier was 0.88 ± 0.05, and that of MLP classifier was 0.91 ± 0.03, among which, AB classifier achieved the best prediction performance. In addition, the AB classifier achieved AUCs of 0.91 and 0.89 in two external validation datasets obtained from Wuhan Union Hospital and Xuzhou Cancer Hospital, respectively. Conclusions: The prediction model constructed based on preoperative MRI radiomics established in this study can basically realize the prospective, non-invasive, and accurate diagnosis of DAG-G, which is of great significance to help further optimize treatment plans for such patients, including expanding the extent of surgery and actively administering radiotherapy, targeted therapy, or other treatments after surgery, to fundamentally maximize the prognosis of patients.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/20/5094MRIradiomicsdiffuse astrocytic gliomaIDH-wildtypeglioblastomaDAG-G
spellingShingle Peng Du
Xuefan Wu
Xiao Liu
Jiawei Chen
Aihong Cao
Daoying Geng
Establishment of a Prediction Model Based on Preoperative MRI Radiomics for Diffuse Astrocytic Glioma, IDH-Wildtype, with Molecular Features of Glioblastoma
Cancers
MRI
radiomics
diffuse astrocytic glioma
IDH-wildtype
glioblastoma
DAG-G
title Establishment of a Prediction Model Based on Preoperative MRI Radiomics for Diffuse Astrocytic Glioma, IDH-Wildtype, with Molecular Features of Glioblastoma
title_full Establishment of a Prediction Model Based on Preoperative MRI Radiomics for Diffuse Astrocytic Glioma, IDH-Wildtype, with Molecular Features of Glioblastoma
title_fullStr Establishment of a Prediction Model Based on Preoperative MRI Radiomics for Diffuse Astrocytic Glioma, IDH-Wildtype, with Molecular Features of Glioblastoma
title_full_unstemmed Establishment of a Prediction Model Based on Preoperative MRI Radiomics for Diffuse Astrocytic Glioma, IDH-Wildtype, with Molecular Features of Glioblastoma
title_short Establishment of a Prediction Model Based on Preoperative MRI Radiomics for Diffuse Astrocytic Glioma, IDH-Wildtype, with Molecular Features of Glioblastoma
title_sort establishment of a prediction model based on preoperative mri radiomics for diffuse astrocytic glioma idh wildtype with molecular features of glioblastoma
topic MRI
radiomics
diffuse astrocytic glioma
IDH-wildtype
glioblastoma
DAG-G
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/20/5094
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