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Noninvasive Imaging of Cycling Hypoxia in Head and Neck Cancer Using Intrinsic Susceptibility MRI.

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2017-08-01
ICR Author
Baker, Lauren
Harrington, Kevin
Box, Carol
Leach, Martin
Robinson, Simon
Author
Panek, R
Welsh, L
Baker, LCJ
Schmidt, MA
Wong, KH
Riddell, AM
Koh, D-M
Dunlop, A
Mcquaid, D
d'Arcy, JA
Bhide, SA
Harrington, KJ
Nutting, CM
Hopkinson, G
Richardson, C
Box, C
Eccles, SA
Leach, MO
Robinson, SP
Newbold, KL
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Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate intrinsic susceptibility (IS) MRI for the identification of cycling hypoxia, and the assessment of its extent and spatial distribution, in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) xenografts and patients.Experimental Design: Quantitation of the transverse relaxation rate, R2*, which is sensitive to paramagnetic deoxyhemoglobin, using serial IS-MRI acquisitions, was used to monitor temporal oscillations in levels of paramagnetic deoxyhemoglobin in human CALR xenografts and patients with HNSCC at 3T. Autocovariance and power spectrum analysis of variations in R2* was performed for each imaged voxel, to assess statistical significance and frequencies of cycling changes in tumor blood oxygenation. Pathologic correlates with tumor perfusion (Hoechst 33342), hypoxia (pimonidazole), and vascular density (CD31) were sought in the xenografts, and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI was used to assess patient tumor vascularization. The prevalence of fluctuations within patient tumors, DCE parameters, and treatment outcome were reported.Results: Spontaneous R2* fluctuations with a median periodicity of 15 minutes were detected in both xenografts and patient tumors. Spatially, these fluctuations were predominantly associated with regions of heterogeneous perfusion and hypoxia in the CALR xenografts. In patients, R2* fluctuations spatially correlated with regions of lymph nodes with low Ktrans values, typically in the vicinity of necrotic cores.Conclusions: IS-MRI can be used to monitor variations in levels of paramagnetic deoxyhemoglobin, associated with cycling hypoxia. The presence of such fluctuations may be linked with impaired tumor vasculature, the presence of which may impact treatment outcome. Clin Cancer Res; 23(15); 4233-41. ©2017 AACR.
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https://repository.icr.ac.uk/handle/internal/547
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-1209
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  • Cancer Biology
  • Radiotherapy and Imaging
Subject
Lymph Nodes
Cell Line, Tumor
Animals
Humans
Mice
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Neovascularization, Pathologic
Nitroimidazoles
Contrast Media
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Treatment Outcome
Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
Cell Hypoxia
Radiation Tolerance
Female
Male
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
Research team
Magnetic Resonance
Pre-Clinical MRI
Radiotherapy Physics Modelling
Targeted Therapy
Language
eng
Date accepted
2017-03-03
License start date
2017-08
Citation
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2017, 23 (15), pp. 4233 - 4241
Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH

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