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Biomed Opt Express. 2018 Aug 14;9(9):4196-4216. doi: 10.1364/BOE.9.004196. eCollection 2018 Sep 01.

Feasibility of using optical coherence tomography to detect radiation-induced fibrosis and residual cancer extent after neoadjuvant chemo-radiation therapy: an ex vivo study.

Biomedical optics express

Pouya Jelvehgaran, Tanja Alderliesten, Giota Georgiou, Sybren L Meijer, Paul R Bloemen, Liudmila L Kodach, Hanneke W M van Laarhoven, Mark I van Berge Henegouwen, Maarten C C M Hulshof, Coen R N Rasch, Ton G van Leeuwen, Johannes F de Boer, Martijn de Bruin, Marcel van Herk

Affiliations

  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.
  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.
  3. Institute for Laser Life and Biophotonics Amsterdam, Department of Physics and Astronomy, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands.
  4. Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.
  5. Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam UMC and Cancer Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.
  6. Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC and Cancer Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.
  7. Department of Urology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.
  8. Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer Science, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.

PMID: 30615728 PMCID: PMC6157785 DOI: 10.1364/BOE.9.004196

Abstract

Treatment of resectable esophageal cancer includes neoadjuvant chemo-radiation therapy (nCRT) followed by esophagectomy in operable patients. High-risk surgery may have been avoided in patients with a pathological complete response (pCR). We investigated the feasibility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to detect residual cancer and radiation-induced fibrosis in 10 esophageal cancer patients that underwent nCRT followed by esophagectomy. We compared our OCT findings with histopathology. Overall, OCT was able to differentiate between healthy tissue, fibrotic tissue, and residual cancer with a sensitivity and specificity of 79% and 67%, respectively. Hence, OCT has the potential to add to the assessment of a pCR.

Keywords: (170.0170) Medical optics and biotechnology; (170.1610) Clinical applications; (170.2150) Endoscopic imaging

Conflict of interest statement

Dr. T. Alderliesten is involved in projects supported by Elekta. Prof. H.W.M van Laarhoven is involved in researches supported by Bayer B.V., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Janssen & Janssen, Lilly, N

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