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Radiomic features from PSMA PET for non-invasive intraprostatic tumor discrimination and characterization in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer - a comparison study with histology reference

Constantinos Zamboglou1,7,8*✉, Montserrat Carles2*, Tobias Fechter2, Selina Kiefer3,7, Kathrin Reichel4, Thomas F. Fassbender5, Peter Bronsert3,7, Goeran Koeber6, Oliver Schilling3,7, Juri Ruf5, Martin Werner3,7, Cordula A. Jilg4, Dimos Baltas2,7, Michael Mix5, Anca L. Grosu1,7

1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine. University of Freiburg, Germany
2. Division of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine. University of Freiburg, Germany
3. Institute for Surgical Pathology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine. University of Freiburg, Germany
4. Department of Urology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine. University of Freiburg, Germany
5. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine. University of Freiburg, Germany
6. Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine. University of Freiburg, Germany
7. German Cancer Consortium (DKTK). Partner Site Freiburg, Germany
8. Berta-Ottenstein-Programme, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
* Authors contributed equally

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Zamboglou C, Carles M, Fechter T, Kiefer S, Reichel K, Fassbender TF, Bronsert P, Koeber G, Schilling O, Ruf J, Werner M, Jilg CA, Baltas D, Mix M, Grosu AL. Radiomic features from PSMA PET for non-invasive intraprostatic tumor discrimination and characterization in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer - a comparison study with histology reference. Theranostics 2019; 9(9):2595-2605. doi:10.7150/thno.32376. https://www.thno.org/v09p2595.htm
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Purpose: To evaluate the performance of radiomic features (RF) derived from PSMA PET for intraprostatic tumor discrimination and non-invasive characterization of Gleason score (GS) and pelvic lymph node status.

Patients and methods: Patients with prostate cancer (PCa) who underwent [68Ga]-PSMA-11 PET/CT followed by radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection were prospectively enrolled (n=20). Coregistered histopathological gross tumor volume (GTV-Histo) in the prostate served as reference. 133 RF were derived from GTV-Histo and from manually created segmentations of the intraprostatic tumor volume (GTV-Exp). Spearman´s correlation coefficients (ρ) were assessed between RF derived from the different GTVs. We additionally analyzed the differences in RF values for PCa and non-PCa tissues. Furthermore, areas under receiver-operating characteristics curves (AUC) were calculated and uni- and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the RF based discrimination of GS 7 and ≥8 disease and of patients with nodal spread (pN1) and non-nodal spread (pN0) in surgical specimen. The results found in the latter analyses were validated by a retrospective cohort of 40 patients.

Results: Most RF from GTV-Exp showed strong correlations with RF from GTV-Histo (86% with ρ>0.7). 81% and 76% of RF from GTV-Exp and GTV-Histo significantly discriminated between PCa and non-PCa tissue. The texture feature QSZHGE discriminated between GS 7 and ≥8 considering GTV-Histo (AUC=0.93) and GTV-Exp (prospective cohort: AUC=0.91 / validation cohort: AUC=0.84). QSZHGE also discriminated between pN1 and pN0 disease considering GTV-Histo (AUC=0.85) and GTV-Exp (prospective cohort: AUC=0.87 / validation cohort: AUC=0.85). In uni- and multivariate analyses including patients of both cohorts QSZHGE was a statistically significant (p<0.01) predictor for PCa patients with GS ≥8 tumors and pN1 status.

Conclusion: RF derived from PSMA PET discriminated between PCa and non-PCa tissue within the prostate. Additionally, the texture feature QSZHGE discriminated between GS 7 and GS ≥8 tumors and between patients with pN1 and pN0 disease. Our results support the role of RF in PSMA PET as a new tool for non-invasive PCa discrimination and characterization of its biological properties.


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Zamboglou, C., Carles, M., Fechter, T., Kiefer, S., Reichel, K., Fassbender, T.F., Bronsert, P., Koeber, G., Schilling, O., Ruf, J., Werner, M., Jilg, C.A., Baltas, D., Mix, M., Grosu, A.L. (2019). Radiomic features from PSMA PET for non-invasive intraprostatic tumor discrimination and characterization in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer - a comparison study with histology reference. Theranostics, 9(9), 2595-2605. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.32376.

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Zamboglou, C.; Carles, M.; Fechter, T.; Kiefer, S.; Reichel, K.; Fassbender, T.F.; Bronsert, P.; Koeber, G.; Schilling, O.; Ruf, J.; Werner, M.; Jilg, C.A.; Baltas, D.; Mix, M.; Grosu, A.L. Radiomic features from PSMA PET for non-invasive intraprostatic tumor discrimination and characterization in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer - a comparison study with histology reference. Theranostics 2019, 9 (9), 2595-2605. DOI: 10.7150/thno.32376.

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Zamboglou C, Carles M, Fechter T, Kiefer S, Reichel K, Fassbender TF, Bronsert P, Koeber G, Schilling O, Ruf J, Werner M, Jilg CA, Baltas D, Mix M, Grosu AL. Radiomic features from PSMA PET for non-invasive intraprostatic tumor discrimination and characterization in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer - a comparison study with histology reference. Theranostics 2019; 9(9):2595-2605. doi:10.7150/thno.32376. https://www.thno.org/v09p2595.htm

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Zamboglou C, Carles M, Fechter T, Kiefer S, Reichel K, Fassbender TF, Bronsert P, Koeber G, Schilling O, Ruf J, Werner M, Jilg CA, Baltas D, Mix M, Grosu AL. 2019. Radiomic features from PSMA PET for non-invasive intraprostatic tumor discrimination and characterization in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer - a comparison study with histology reference. Theranostics. 9(9):2595-2605.

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