Preoperative prediction of regional lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer based on F-FDG PET/CT and machine learning.

Journal: Annals of nuclear medicine
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To establish and validate a regional lymph node (LN) metastasis prediction model of colorectal cancer (CRC) based on F-FDG PET/CT and radiomic features using machine-learning methods.

Authors

  • Jiahong He
    Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, The People's Hospital of Baoan Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518100, Guangdong, China. he.jia.hong@163.com.
  • Quanshi Wang
    Nanfang PET Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
  • Yin Zhang
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers-Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, United States.
  • Hubing Wu
    PET Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
  • Yongsheng Zhou
    Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, PR China.
  • Shuangquan Zhao
    Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, The People's Hospital of Baoan Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518100, Guangdong, China.