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. 2023 Feb 6;15(4):1025. doi: 10.3390/cancers15041025

Table 3.

Functional tumor volume (FTV) measurements by neoadjuvant systemic therapy response status.

Measurement Optimal Threshold AUC [95% CI] p-Value Mean ± SD (cm3) Best Cutoff for ROC Curve
PE (%) SER Non-pCR (N = 51) pCR (N = 49)
FTV at 1 min
BL 220 0.25 0.63 [0.52−0.74] 0.029 4.22 ± 9.30 1.25 ± 2.67 3.84
C2 20 0.55 0.80 [0.70−0.89] <0.001 4.22 ± 5.58 1.60 ± 3.69 1.40
C4 30 0.40 0.84 [0.76−0.92] <0.001 2.74 ± 5.58 1.05 ± 3.82 0.12
%C2/BL 0 0 0.75 [0.65−0.85] <0.001 −48.01 ± 34.09 −64.94 ± 55.90 −71.19
%C4/BL 35 0.35 0.78 [0.68−0.87] <0.001 −72.64 ± 27.11 −90.56 ± 18.59 −92.75
FTV at 2.5 min
BL 0 0.30 0.62 [0.51−0.73] 0.040 14.66 ± 15.43 11.16 ± 26.67 17.18
C2 60 0.90 0.82 [0.73−0.90] <0.001 3.76 ± 4.89 1.39 ± 3.55 0.56
C4 125 0.75 0.82 [0.73−0.91] <0.001 0.93 ± 1.48 0.49 ± 2.10 0.09
%C2/BL 0 1.00 0.78 [0.68−0.87] <0.001 −47.06 ± 39.97 −76.96 ± 26.16 −86.11
%C4/BL 125 0.70 0.79 [0.70−0.88] <0.001 −71.15 ± 39.99 −92.07 ± 20.65 −98.48

PE, percentage enhancement; SER, signal enhancement ratio; SD, standard deviation; pCR, pathologic complete response; BL, baseline; C2, after 2 cycles of neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST); C4, after 4 cycles of NAST; %C2/BL, change between baseline and C2; %C4/BL, change between baseline and C4.