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Deep Semisupervised Transfer Learning for Fully Automated Whole-Body Tumor Quantification and Prognosis of Cancer on PET/CT

Kevin H. Leung, Steven P. Rowe, Moe S. Sadaghiani, Jeffrey P. Leal, Esther Mena, Peter L. Choyke, Yong Du and Martin G. Pomper
Journal of Nuclear Medicine April 2024, 65 (4) 643-650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.123.267048
Kevin H. Leung
1Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;
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Steven P. Rowe
2Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and
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Moe S. Sadaghiani
1Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;
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Jeffrey P. Leal
1Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;
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Esther Mena
3Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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Peter L. Choyke
3Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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Yong Du
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    Incomplete manual tumor segmentations compared with predicted segmentations on maximum-intensity projections of PSMA PET scans of 6 patients with prostate cancer.

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    Predicted segmentations on maximum-intensity projections of 18F-FDG PET scans of lung cancer, melanoma, lymphoma, head and neck cancer (H & N), and breast cancer. Pre- and posttherapy scans of breast cancer are shown (bottom row), with first 2 patients from left to right having pCR and the others being nonresponders.

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    (A and B) Lesionwise (A) and voxelwise (B) analysis of tumor detection and segmentation. (C and D) Prostate cancer detection rates by DeepSSTL approach throughout different stages of training progression (C) and compared with baseline models (D). DSC = Dice similarity coefficient; FDR = false-discovery rate; NPV = negative predictive value; PPV = positive predictive value; TNR = true-negative rate; TPR = true-positive rate.

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    (A and B) Receiver-operating-characteristic curves for radiomics classifier (A) and risk model (B) for prostate cancer. (C and D) Box plots of predicted risk scores vs. overall PSMA-RADS scores (C) and post-PSMA PET therapies (D).

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    Predicted segmentations on maximum-intensity projections of PSMA PET scans of prostate cancer from datasets 1 (top row) and 2 (bottom row). MTV, PSA doubling times (DT), and follow-up PSA levels were measured in cubic centimeters, months, and ng/mL, respectively.

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    (A) Forest plots of univariable and multivariable Cox regression analysis. (B) Kaplan–Meier survival curves for head and neck cancer. (C) Imaging measures quantified from pre- and posttherapy scans of breast cancer.

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    Patient Characteristics

    CharacteristicDataCharacteristicData
    Dataset 1*Dataset 3†
     Age (y) (mean ± SD)65.67 ± 7.97 Age (y) (mean ± SD)60.11 ± 16.51
     Sex Sex
      Men270  Men290
      Women0  Women211
     Overall PSMA-RADS scoreDataset 4‡
      NA12 Age (y) (mean ± SD)62.47 ± 7.78
      13 Sex
      224  Men62
      363  Women12
      448 AJCC stage
      5120  I14
    Dataset 2*  II5
     Age (y) (mean ± SD)66.46 ± 7.35  III13
     Sex  IV42
      Men138 Surgery
      Women0  No70
     Gleason score  Yes4
      NA2 Chemotherapy
      ≤611  No61
      743  Yes13
      829 Radiotherapy time (d)37 (31–47)
      944Dataset 5§
      109 Age (y) (mean ± SD)48.69 ± 10.33
     Initial PSA level (ng/mL)6.38 (0.02–5,000.00) Sex
     Follow-up PSA level (ng/mL)2.24 (0.00–7,270.00)  Men0
     PSA doubling time (mo)5.20 (0.23–81.70)  Women36
     Post-PSMA PET therapy Pathologic response
      NA37  pCR10
      None7  Non-pCR26
      Local18
      Systemic androgen-targeted56
      Systemic and cytotoxic20
    • ↵* Prostate cancer.

    • ↵† Lung cancer, melanoma, and lymphoma.

    • ↵‡ Head and neck cancer.

    • ↵§ Breast cancer.

    • NA = not applicable.

    • Qualitative data are number; continuous data are median and range, except for age.

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    Cox Regression Analysis and Respective C-Index Values

    Univariable Cox regressionMultivariable Cox regression
    ParameterHazard ratio95% CIPHazard ratio95% CIPC index
    MTV1.011.01–1.02<0.0010.990.97–1.020.570.68
    TLA1.001.00–1.00<0.0011.001.00–1.000.270.69
    Lesion no.1.381.13–1.690.0020.840.53–1.340.470.69
    SUVmean1.111.04–1.180.0020.740.53–1.030.070.65
    SUVmax1.041.02–1.06<0.0011.060.96–1.170.270.65
    Age1.061.01–1.100.021.081.02–1.140.010.61
    Sex1.270.49–3.280.621.560.52–4.670.430.47
    Surgery1.480.45–4.830.520.710.18–2.760.620.50
    Chemotherapy0.570.20–1.610.290.670.12–3.950.660.47
    Radiotherapy time0.950.88–1.030.230.940.82–1.080.380.46
    AJCC stage1.621.12–2.340.011.050.57–1.920.880.61
    Risk score1.271.11–1.45<0.0011.691.07–2.660.020.71
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    Predicting pCR

    Model and parameterAccuracyAUCArea under precision-recall curveTrue-positive ratePositive predictive valueTrue-negative rateNegative predictive value
    MTV0.420.550.281.000.320.191.00
    TLA0.670.580.300.500.420.730.79
    Lesion no.0.470.670.390.800.320.350.82
    SUVmean0.720.440.280.300.500.880.77
    SUVmax0.640.440.270.400.360.730.76
    Decision tree 10.720.720.510.500.500.810.81
    Decision tree 20.840.760.670.431.001.000.82

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Journal of Nuclear Medicine Apr 2024, 65 (4) 643-650; DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.123.267048

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