Affiliation:
1. Department of Ultrasound, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing China
2. State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and Systems, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data and Brain Computing (BDBC) Beihang University Beijing China
3. School of Computer and Communication Engineering University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing China
Abstract
AbstractBreast cancer is the most common malignant tumor and the leading cause of cancer‐related deaths in women worldwide. Effective means of predicting the prognosis of breast cancer are very helpful in guiding treatment and improving patients' survival. Features extracted by radiomics reflect the genetic and molecular characteristics of a tumor and are related to its biological behavior and the patient's prognosis. Thus, radiomics provides a new approach to noninvasive assessment of breast cancer prognosis. Ultrasound is one of the commonest clinical means of examining breast cancer. In recent years, some results of research into ultrasound radiomics for diagnosing breast cancer, predicting lymph node status, treatment response, recurrence and survival times, and other aspects, have been published. In this article, we review the current research status and technical challenges of ultrasound radiomics for predicting breast cancer prognosis. We aim to provide a reference for radiomics researchers, promote the development of ultrasound radiomics, and advance its clinical application.
Subject
Pharmacology (medical),Cancer Research,Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous),Drug Discovery,Oncology