Multimodal deep-learning model using pre-treatment endoscopic images and clinical information to predict efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Journal:
Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society
PMID:
39792350
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is standard for advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, though often ineffective. Therefore, predicting the response to chemotherapy before treatment is desirable. However, there is currently no established method for predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. This study aims to build a deep-learning model to predict the response of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to preoperative chemotherapy by utilizing multimodal data integrating esophageal endoscopic images and clinical information.