Intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics for preoperative prediction of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Bo Zhao, Yaqi Wang, Haitao Zhu, Xinrun Cui, Xiaoting Li, Shaolei Li, Nan Wu, Yingshi Sun · 2026
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Bo Zhao and co-authors report a 2026 study on predicting treatment response in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The team asked whether scan features taken from inside and around a tumor could show, before treatment, which patients would have no cancer left after drug therapy and surgery.
Records from 122 patients who had CT scans before treatment were reviewed. Scores were built from tumor features, nearby tissue features, and clinical details such as tumor stage and site, then joined in one model. The combined model separated responders from non-responders well in both test groups. Features from tissue around the tumor added the most. Such a scan-based tool could help doctors plan care without extra invasive tests.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bo Zhao, Yaqi Wang, Haitao Zhu, Xinrun Cui, Xiaoting Li, Shaolei Li, Nan Wu, Yingshi Sun |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33902 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |