Table 2.
Radiomics features demonstrating a significant difference between molecular subtypes of breast cancer on pretreatment MRI in patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Radiomics feature | HER2+ (n=73) Median (range) | Luminal (n=112) Median (range) | TNBC (n=74) Median (range) | P value |
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Volume (mm3) | 4297.46 (368.84, 84519.84) | 7684.77 (290.55, 103474.46) | 7483.03 (783.75, 100355.29) | 0.008 |
Longest axial diameter (mm) | 27.1 (9.24, 99.54) | 34.89 (8.79, 110.54) | 33.49 (14.04, 100.25) | 0.009 |
Longest volumetric diameter (mm) | 30.5 (16.32, 93.63) | 36.48 (14.16, 106.07) | 33.02 (16.69, 93.29) | 0.01 |
Minimum signal int ensity (SSF=4 mm) | −0.21 (−0.76, −0.08) | −0.25 (−0.62, −0.09) | −0.26 (−0.62, −0.12) | 0.009 |
Entropy (SSF=4 mm) | 2.37 (0.92–2.95) | 2.47 (1.19–4.09) | 2.50 (0.88, 3.26) | 0.02 |
Minimum signal int ensity (SSF=6 mm) | −0.19 (−0.62, −0.07) | −0.23 (−0.59, −0.09) | −0.25 (−0.54, −0.12) | 0.007 |
Entropy (SSF=6 mm) | 1.77 (0.51, 2.59) | 2.00 (0.56, 4.22) | 2.09 (0.84, 3.08) | <0.001 |
HER2+=human epidermal growth factor receptor 2+, TNBC=triple negative breast cancer, SSF=spatial scaling factor