F-FDG PET/CT-based radiomic features in predicting epidermal growth factor receptor (
EGFR
) gene mutation status in patients with lung adenocarcinoma.
Methods:
A retrospective analysis was performed on
18
F-FDG PET/CT images and
EGFR
gene status of 212 patients (115 males and 97 females
aged range: 32-82
averageage: 61 years) with pulmonary adenocarcinoma Between January 2017 and March 2021. Patients were randomly divided into a training set (148 cases) and a validation set (64 cases) in a 7∶3 ratio. LIFEx software was used to delineate the volume of interest of CT and PET images and extract image features. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and ten-fold cross- validation were used to conduct feature screening and calculate the best λ value of the model. The best feature parameters were selected and logistics regression was used to establish the model. PET parameters
CT parameters and PET+CT parameters were used to establish three models
and combined with clinical characteristics
namely gender and smoking history
to establish combined models. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was generated and the area under curve (AUC)
sensitivity
specificity and accuracy were obtained. DeLong test was used to compare the AUC of the above models.
Results:
Among 212 patients with lung adenocarcinoma
86 patients (38.68%) were
EGFR
wild-type and 126 patients (61.32%) were
EGFR
mutant. There were 3
2
5 parameters were selected from PET parameters
CT parameters and PET+CT parameters respectively to form the regression model. The AUCs of the validation sets of the three models were 0.719
0.717%
0.723
with sensitivities of 76.9%
82.1%
74.4%
spe
cificities of 68.0%
60.0%
72.0%
accuracies of 67.2%
71.9%
73.4%
respectively. The combined models were established after adding clinical features
and the AUCs of the three were 0.701
0.748
0.704
with sensitivities of 84.6%
71.8%
61.5%
specificities of 52.0%
72.0%
76.0%
and accuracies of 67.2%
73.4%
67.2%
respectively. There was no significant difference in AUC between PET
CT and PET/CT models (
P
<0.05).
Conclusion:
PET
CT and PET/CT radiomic features were correlated with
EGFR
gene expression status in lung adenocarcinoma
and PET/CT model had a slightly higher predictive efficiency.