Research progress of radiomics in cervical cancer

doi:10.3760/cma.j.cn371439-20240304-00089

Abstract

Abstract:

Cervical cancer is the most common malignant tumor of the female reproductive system，early diagnosis and accurate efficacy prediction have important clinical value for the development of treatment plans. Traditional imaging inspection plays an irreplaceable role in the diagnosis and efficacy assessment of cervical cancer，however，it is somewhat subjective，while cervical biopsy is an invasive examination and can only evaluate the pathological histological characteristics of local tumor tissue. Therefore，there is a strong demand to develop a non-invasive，continuously detectable biomarker that can accurately predict tumor characteristics before and during treatment. Radiomics is used to make disease diagnosis，efficacy evaluation and prognosis prediction by means of high-throughput extraction of CT，MRI and PET-CT image data as well as deep excavation of the data information in the images. The aim of this discussion is to explore the latest application and clinical research progress of imaging omics for cervical cancer，which can provide reference for decision-making in the treatment of cervical cancer.

Key words: Uterine cervical neoplasms, Radiomics, Efficacy prediction

Peng Dan, Lyu Lu, Sun Pengfei. Research progress of radiomics in cervical cancer[J]. Journal of International Oncology, 2024, 51(8): 532-537.

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