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Histopathology of lung adenocarcinoma based on new IASLC/ATS/ERS classification: Prognostic stratification with functional and metabolic imaging biomarkers
Author(s) -
Lee Ho Yun,
Jeong Ji Yun,
Lee Kyung Soo,
Yi Chin A.,
Kim ByungTae,
Kang Hee,
Kwon O Jung,
Shim Young Mog,
Han Joungho
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.24080
Subject(s) - medicine , standardized uptake value , imaging biomarker , effective diffusion coefficient , histology , adenocarcinoma , histopathology , positron emission tomography , grading (engineering) , nuclear medicine , radiology , lung , diffusion mri , lung cancer , pathology , magnetic resonance imaging , cancer , civil engineering , engineering
Purpose To correlate the results of histopathologic subtyping and grading of lung adenocarcinoma with maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax) on positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values on diffusion‐weighted MRI (DWI). Materials and Methods Forty‐three patients were included. The SUVmax and mean ADC values of tumors were measured and correlated with the histologic subtypes and grades of lung adenocarcinomas based on the IASLC/ATS/ERS classification scheme. Disease‐free survival (DFS) was estimated by using the Kaplan‐Meier method, and the log‐rank test was used to evaluate differences among three histologic grades or subgroups classified with imaging biomarker study results. Results Five (12.5%) tumors belonged to low grade, 30 (70%) to intermediate grade, and 8 (18.5%) to high grade, and patients with low‐grade histology had lower risk of recurrence than those with intermediate‐ or high‐grade histology ( P = 0.048). A significant difference in SUVmax and mean ADC values was observed among three histologic grades ( P s < 0.001). Regarding DFS, lower metabolic (PET) activity or higher functional (DWI) diffusivity showed longer DFS. When patients (n = 30; 70% of patients) with intermediate histologic grade were subgrouped in consideration of both SUVmax and mean ADC results, combining metabolic and functional criteria helped stratify patients more precisely ( P = 0.006). Conclusion SUVmax and mean ADC value correlate well with the histologic grades in lung adenocarcinomas, and combining both imaging biomarker study results leads to more useful stratification of patients into different prognostic subsets than the results of each study. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2013;38:905–913. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.