Whole-brain radiotherapy associated with structural changes resembling aging as determined by anatomic surface-based deep learning.
MRI
aging
brain metastases
deep learning
Journal
Neuro-oncology
ISSN: 1523-5866
Titre abrégé: Neuro Oncol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100887420
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023
Historique:
pmc-release:
03
02
2024
medline:
10
7
2023
pubmed:
4
2
2023
entrez:
3
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Brain metastases are the most common intracranial tumors in adults and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is used frequently in patients for palliation, but can result in neurocognitive deficits. While dose-dependent injury to individual areas such as the hippocampus has been demonstrated, global structural shape changes after WBRT remain to be studied. We studied healthy controls and patients with brain metastases and examined MRI brain anatomic surface data before and after WBRT. We implemented a validated graph convolutional neural network model to estimate patient's "brain age". We further developed a mixed-effects linear model to compare the estimated age of the whole brain and substructures before and after WBRT. 4220 subjects were analyzed (4148 healthy controls and 72 patients). The median radiation dose was 30 Gy (range 25-37.5 Gy). The whole brain and substructures underwent structural change resembling rapid aging in radiated patients compared to healthy controls; the whole brain "aged" 9.32 times faster, the cortex 8.05 times faster, the subcortical structures 12.57 times faster, and the hippocampus 10.14 times faster. In a subset analysis, the hippocampus "aged" 8.88 times faster in patients after conventional WBRT versus after hippocampal avoidance (HA)-WBRT. Our findings suggest that WBRT causes the brain and its substructures to undergo structural changes at a pace up to 13x of the normal aging pace, where hippocampal avoidance offers focal structural protection. Correlating these structural imaging changes with neurocognitive outcomes following WBRT or HA-WBRT would benefit from future analysis.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Brain metastases are the most common intracranial tumors in adults and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is used frequently in patients for palliation, but can result in neurocognitive deficits. While dose-dependent injury to individual areas such as the hippocampus has been demonstrated, global structural shape changes after WBRT remain to be studied.
METHODS
METHODS
We studied healthy controls and patients with brain metastases and examined MRI brain anatomic surface data before and after WBRT. We implemented a validated graph convolutional neural network model to estimate patient's "brain age". We further developed a mixed-effects linear model to compare the estimated age of the whole brain and substructures before and after WBRT.
RESULTS
RESULTS
4220 subjects were analyzed (4148 healthy controls and 72 patients). The median radiation dose was 30 Gy (range 25-37.5 Gy). The whole brain and substructures underwent structural change resembling rapid aging in radiated patients compared to healthy controls; the whole brain "aged" 9.32 times faster, the cortex 8.05 times faster, the subcortical structures 12.57 times faster, and the hippocampus 10.14 times faster. In a subset analysis, the hippocampus "aged" 8.88 times faster in patients after conventional WBRT versus after hippocampal avoidance (HA)-WBRT.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Our findings suggest that WBRT causes the brain and its substructures to undergo structural changes at a pace up to 13x of the normal aging pace, where hippocampal avoidance offers focal structural protection. Correlating these structural imaging changes with neurocognitive outcomes following WBRT or HA-WBRT would benefit from future analysis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36734195
pii: 7025345
doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad029
pmc: PMC10326473
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1323-1330Subventions
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : P50 CA221747
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Neuro-Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
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