Functional magnetic resonance imaging in an animal model of pancreatic cancer

作     者：Robert J Lewandowski Aaron C Eifler David J Bentrem Johnathan C Chung Gayle E Woloschak Robert Ryu Riad Salem Andrew C Larson Reed A Omary 

作者机构：Department of Radiology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago IL 60611 United States Department of Surgical Oncology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago IL 60611 United States Department of Radiation Oncology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago IL 60611 United States 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第16卷第26期

页      面：3292-3298页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by A Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Pilot Research Grant (to Lewandowski RJ) and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Training Fellow (to Eifler AC) 

主　　题：Animal model Functional magnetic resonance imaging Pancreatic cancer 

摘      要：AIM: To test the hypotheses that diffusion weighed (DW)and transcatheter intraarterial perfusion (TRIP)magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can each be used to assess regional differences in tumor function in an animal pancreatic cancer ***: VX2 tumors were implanted in pancreata of 6 rabbits. MRI and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) were performed 3 wk following implantation. With a 2-French catheter secured in the rabbit s gastroduodenal artery, each rabbit was transferred to an adjacent 1.5T MRI scanner. DWand TRIP-MRI were performed to determine if necrotic tumor core could be differentiated from viable tumor periphery. For each, we compared mean differences between tumor core/ periphery using a 2-tailed paired t-test (α = 0.05). Imaging was correlated with histopathology. RESULTS: Tumors were successfully grown in all rabbits, confirmed by necropsy. On DW-MRI, mean apparent diffusion coeffi cient (ADC) value was higher in necrotic tumor core (2.1 ± 0.3 mm2/s) than in viable tumor periphery (1.4 ± 0.5 mm2/s) (P 0.05). On TRIP-MRI, mean perfusion values was higher in tumor periphery (110 ± 47 relative units) than in tumor core (66 ± 31 relative units) (P 0.001). CONCLUSION: Functional MRI can be used to differentiate necrotic from viable tumor cells in an animal pancreatic cancer model using ADC (DW-MRI) and perfusion (TRIP-MRI) values.