To investigate the diagnostic efficacy of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) parameters in preoperative staging of rectal cancer.
Methods:
From June 2018 to March 2019
97 patients with rectal cancer who underwent surgery in Cancer Hospital
Xinjiang Medical University and the First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University were selected as the study subjects. All patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and IVIM before surgery
and pathological staging after surgery. Postoperative pathological staging
the differences in preoperative IVIM parameters of rectal cancer at different T stages
lymph node metastasis and non-metastasis
and the correlation of IVIM parameters (
D
* and
f
values) with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and microvascular density (MVD) were analyzed.
Results:
The preoperative IVIM parameters (
D
D
*
f
values) of rectal cancer were statistically different between different T stages (T
1
+T
2
and T
3
+T
4
) (both
P
<0.05); single factor analysis of variance found that Dvalue was the highest in the T stage (T
1
+T
2
and T
3
+T
4
); the multi-factor logistic analysis found that the
D
D
* and f parameters had the highest comprehensive diagnostic efficiency. Between the two groups of simple T
2
and T
3
phases
the IVIM parameters
D
and
D
* values were statistically different (both
P
<0.05); univariate analysis of variance found that the
D
value had the highest diagnostic efficacy in T
2
and T
3
phases; multivariate logistic analysis found that the IVIM parameters
D
and
D
* had the highest comprehensive diagnostic efficiency. In lymph node metastasis and non-metastasis of rectal cancer
only the
D
value of IVIM parameters was statistically different (
P
<0.05). One-way analysis of variance was performed on the
D
value with statistically significant differences in the comparison of lymph node metastasis and non-metastasis in rectal cancer. When the
D
value threshold was 0.782 10
-3
mm
2
/s
the area under curve (AUC) was 0.635 and the positive predictive value (PPV) was 67.65%. the negative predictive value (NPV) was 71.21%
sensitivity was 83.37%
and specificity was 49.26%. The VEGF and MVD analysis of postoperative specimens of 45 patients
and the spearman rank correlation analysis of VEGF
MVD and IVIM parameters (
D
* and
f
values) found that r between VEGF and
D
*
f values was 0.473
-0.432. The correlation coefficient hypothesis test was statistically significant (both
P
<0.05). And r between MVD and
D
*
f
values was -0.072
0.215
and the correlation coefficient hypothesis test was not statistically significant (both
P
>0.05).
Conclusion:
IVIM can assist in the diagnosis of T stage and lymph node metastasis of rectal cancer. VEGF has a positive correlation with
D
* value and a negative correlation with
f
value. To some extent
IVIM can be a noninvasive imaging index to predict VEGF before operation.
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