Predictive role of CT texture analysis in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors.

2019 
424Background: Reliable biomarkers to predict response of urothelial cancer to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors are still being investigated. Texture analysis represents underlying tumor heterogeneity and may serve as a predictor of response in urothelial cancer. The purpose of this study was to assess predictive ability of CT texture analysis for disease progression in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor. Methods: In this IRB-approved HIPAA-compliant retrospective study, from total 93 consecutive patients with metastatic urothelial cancer treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors from 2013-2018, 43 patients with measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 criteria who had contrast-enhanced CT performed within three months after starting treatment were included. Progression-free survival was calculated based on serial follow-up CTs, and 11 patients without progression who did not reach 1 year follow-up were excluded. Texture features of measurable lesions on first follow-up CT were extracted ...
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