TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of functional magnetic resonance imaging in assessing metastatic leiomyosarcoma response to chemoembolization
AU - Vossen, Josephina A.
AU - Kamel, Ihab R.
AU - Buijs, Manon
AU - Liapi, Eleni
AU - Georgiades, Christos S.
AU - Hong, Kelvin
AU - Geschwind, Jean Francois H.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Purpose: To assess the value of functional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the evaluation of early tumor response after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for metastatic leiomyosarcoma and compare tumor response using functional MR imaging versus traditional imaging response assessment, which is based on tumor size. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 31 lesions in 10 patients with liver metastases from leiomyosarcoma using MR imaging studies before and after TACE. Diffusion and contrast-enhanced MR imaging was performed on a 1.5-T unit. Imaging protocol consisted of T2-weighted fast spin-echo images, breath-hold diffusion-weighted echo-planar images, and breath-hold unenhanced and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted 3-dimensional fat-suppressed spoiled gradient-echo images in the arterial phase (20 seconds) and portal venous phase (60 seconds). Parameters evaluated included change in tumor size, enhancement, and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values. Median survival was also calculated for the entire cohort. Results: The 31 lesions evaluated had a mean size of 4.8 cm before treatment. Tumor size decreased only by 2% immediately after treatment. Decrease of tumor enhancement after treatment was significant (P < 0.0001) in the arterial phase (69%) as well as in the portal venous phase (64%). After TACE, mean tumor ADC increased by 20% (P = 0.0015), whereas mean nontreated liver, spleen, and muscle ADC values did not change significantly (P = 0.44, P = 0.287, and P = 0.098, respectively). Patient survival from time of first TACE was 21 months for the entire cohort. Conclusion: In patients with leiomyosarcoma and liver metastases who were treated with TACE, significant early changes in the treated lesions occurred on functional MR imaging. These include decrease in tumor enhancement and increase in tumor ADC value, suggesting increasing tumor necrosis and cell death. Changes in tumor size were small and inadequate to assess treatment response, suggesting limitation of the current response criteria in the early assessment of tumor response.
AB - Purpose: To assess the value of functional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the evaluation of early tumor response after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for metastatic leiomyosarcoma and compare tumor response using functional MR imaging versus traditional imaging response assessment, which is based on tumor size. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 31 lesions in 10 patients with liver metastases from leiomyosarcoma using MR imaging studies before and after TACE. Diffusion and contrast-enhanced MR imaging was performed on a 1.5-T unit. Imaging protocol consisted of T2-weighted fast spin-echo images, breath-hold diffusion-weighted echo-planar images, and breath-hold unenhanced and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted 3-dimensional fat-suppressed spoiled gradient-echo images in the arterial phase (20 seconds) and portal venous phase (60 seconds). Parameters evaluated included change in tumor size, enhancement, and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values. Median survival was also calculated for the entire cohort. Results: The 31 lesions evaluated had a mean size of 4.8 cm before treatment. Tumor size decreased only by 2% immediately after treatment. Decrease of tumor enhancement after treatment was significant (P < 0.0001) in the arterial phase (69%) as well as in the portal venous phase (64%). After TACE, mean tumor ADC increased by 20% (P = 0.0015), whereas mean nontreated liver, spleen, and muscle ADC values did not change significantly (P = 0.44, P = 0.287, and P = 0.098, respectively). Patient survival from time of first TACE was 21 months for the entire cohort. Conclusion: In patients with leiomyosarcoma and liver metastases who were treated with TACE, significant early changes in the treated lesions occurred on functional MR imaging. These include decrease in tumor enhancement and increase in tumor ADC value, suggesting increasing tumor necrosis and cell death. Changes in tumor size were small and inadequate to assess treatment response, suggesting limitation of the current response criteria in the early assessment of tumor response.
KW - MR diffusion imaging
KW - MR perfusion imaging
KW - Metastatic leiomyosarcoma
KW - Transarterial chemoembolization
KW - Treatment response
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U2 - 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318134ecd6
DO - 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318134ecd6
M3 - Article
C2 - 18520535
AN - SCOPUS:45849146147
SN - 0363-8715
VL - 32
SP - 347
EP - 352
JO - Journal of computer assisted tomography
JF - Journal of computer assisted tomography
IS - 3
ER -