Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
Language
English
Publication Date
12-1-2025
Journal
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
DOI
10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.07.1423
PMID
40716653
PMCID
PMC12815495
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
1-20-2026
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Author MSS
Abstract
Purpose: The entire course of radiation therapy (RT) for high-grade glioma (HGG) is currently derived from pre-RT magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although it is possible to adapt RT during the course of treatment, it is often guided only by anatomical changes to the tumor. This study seeks to determine if a biology-based mathematical model, parameterized by patient-specific, multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) data, can accurately forecast HGG response during RT.
Methods and materials: Twenty one patients with HGG planned for 6 weeks of concurrent RT and chemotherapy were imaged weekly with mpMRI during RT and at 1, 2, and 3 months post-RT. Each patient's MRI data from baseline to midtreatment were used to personalize a family of biology-based mathematical models, from which the most parsimonious was selected and used to predict response at the volume and voxel levels at the remaining mpMRI visits. The model family consists of varied descriptions of how tumor cells proliferate, diffuse, and respond to RT and chemotherapy.
Results: At the volume level, Pearson correlation coefficients >0.86 (P < .0001) were observed between the predicted and observed total tumor cellularity and volume up to the 2 months post-RT. A high level of spatial overlap was measured between the predicted and observed tumor extent with Dice values >0.87 and >0.74 during and following RT, respectively. At the voxel level, Pearson correlation coefficients were >0.90 and >0.71 (P < .0001) during and following RT, respectively.
Conclusions: By leveraging patient-specific mpMRI data before and during adaptive RT, this biology-based computational framework yields accurate spatiotemporal forecasts of tumor response at the volume and voxel levels during and following RT.
Keywords
Humans, Glioma, Chemoradiotherapy, Brain Neoplasms, Female, Male, Middle Aged, Tumor Burden, Treatment Outcome, Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Adult, Patient-Specific Modeling, Neoplasm Grading, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Forecasting, Time Factors
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Hormuth, David A; Farhat, Maguy; Panthi, Bikash; et al., "Forecasting Chemoradiation Response Midtreatment for High-Grade Gliomas Through Patient-Specific Biology-Based Modeling" (2025). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 6587.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthgsbs_docs/6587
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