Liu and colleagues performed a retrospective study to validate a computed tomography (CT) scan-based radiomic model to detect lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer. The proposed model incorporating the arterial and venous phase CT-scan features represented a non-invasive method exhibiting high sensitivity in the prediction of lymph node metastasis. It is well established that lymph node metastasis is one of the most significant prognostic factors in cervical cancer. For this reason, management of cervical cancer is strictly related to lymph node status, with international guidelines recommending definitive chemo-radiation in case of metastatic lymph node. More and more evidence supports the use of sentinel lymph node in early-stage cervical cancer but its frozen section analysis may result in false negative results; in locally-advanced stages staging para-aortic lymphadenectomy is proposed by many Authors to tailor chemoradiotherapy treatment, with potential intra-and post-operative related complications. The use of a validated radiomic model able to predict lymph node metastases in radiologically normal lymph nodes may represent an essential tool to possibly spare lympadenectomy related morbidity.

Bizzarri, N., Boldrini, L., Ferrandina, M. G., Fanfani, F., Pedone Anchora, L., Scambia, G., Gueli Alletti, S., Radiomic models for lymph node metastasis prediction in cervical cancer: can we think beyond sentinel lymph node?, <<TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY>>, 2021; 14 (10): 101185-N/A. [doi:10.1016/j.tranon.2021.101185] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/193190]

Radiomic models for lymph node metastasis prediction in cervical cancer: can we think beyond sentinel lymph node?

Boldrini, Luca;Ferrandina, Maria Gabriella;Fanfani, Francesco;Pedone Anchora, Luigi;Scambia, Giovanni;Gueli Alletti, Salvatore
2021

Abstract

Liu and colleagues performed a retrospective study to validate a computed tomography (CT) scan-based radiomic model to detect lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer. The proposed model incorporating the arterial and venous phase CT-scan features represented a non-invasive method exhibiting high sensitivity in the prediction of lymph node metastasis. It is well established that lymph node metastasis is one of the most significant prognostic factors in cervical cancer. For this reason, management of cervical cancer is strictly related to lymph node status, with international guidelines recommending definitive chemo-radiation in case of metastatic lymph node. More and more evidence supports the use of sentinel lymph node in early-stage cervical cancer but its frozen section analysis may result in false negative results; in locally-advanced stages staging para-aortic lymphadenectomy is proposed by many Authors to tailor chemoradiotherapy treatment, with potential intra-and post-operative related complications. The use of a validated radiomic model able to predict lymph node metastases in radiologically normal lymph nodes may represent an essential tool to possibly spare lympadenectomy related morbidity.
2021
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Bizzarri, N., Boldrini, L., Ferrandina, M. G., Fanfani, F., Pedone Anchora, L., Scambia, G., Gueli Alletti, S., Radiomic models for lymph node metastasis prediction in cervical cancer: can we think beyond sentinel lymph node?, <<TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY>>, 2021; 14 (10): 101185-N/A. [doi:10.1016/j.tranon.2021.101185] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/193190]
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