ABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the diagnostic value of dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) quantitative parameters for preoperative staging of gastric cancer and its relationship with prognostic factors.Methods:The clinical data of 98 patients with gastric cancer from March 2021 to March 2022 in Guangyuan First People′s Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent DCE-MRI examination, MRI features were observed, and the DCE-MRI quantitative parameters were recorded, including the transport constant (K trans), volume fraction (V e) and rate constant (K ep). The expression levels of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in gastric cancer tissue were detected by immunohistochemistry methods. The correlation between DCE-MRI quantitative parameters and T stage, HER2, EGFR of gastric cancer was analyzed by Spearman method; the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the diagnosis value of DCE-MRI quantitative parameters in T staging of gastric cancer. Results:Among 98 patients with gastric cancer, T 1 to T 2 staging was in 50 cases, T 3 to T 4 staging was in 48 cases; HER2 positive expression in gastric cancer tissue was in 35 cases, negative expression was in 63 cases; EGFR positive expression in gastric cancer tissue was in 43 cases, negative expression was in 55 cases. The K trans and V e in patients with T 3 to T 4 staging were significantly higher than those in patients with T 1 to T 2 staging: (0.25 ± 0.04) min -1 vs. (0.19 ± 0.03) min -1 and 0.45 ± 0.11 vs. 0.39 ± 0.09, and there were statistical differences ( P<0.01); there was no statistical difference in K ep between the two ( P>0.05). The K trans and V e in patients with HER2 positive expression were significantly higher than those in patients with HER2 negative expression: (0.27 ± 0.06) min -1 vs. (0.19 ± 0.03) min -1 and 0.49 ± 0.13 vs. 0.38 ± 0.08, and there were statistical differences ( P<0.01); there was no statistical difference in K ep between the two ( P>0.05). The K trans and V e in patients with EGFR positive expression were significantly higher than those in patients with EGFR negative expression: (0.28 ± 0.07) min -1 vs. (0.17 ± 0.04) min -1 and 0.50 ± 0.14 vs. 0.36 ± 0.08, and there were statistical differences ( P<0.01); there was no statistical difference in K ep between the two ( P>0.05). Spearman analysis result showed that the K trans was positively correlated with gastric cancer T stage, and the expression of HER2, EGFR in gastric cancer tissue ( r = 0.539, 0.612 and 0.640; P<0.01), the V e was positively correlated with gastric cancer T stage, and the expression of HER2, EGFR in gastric cancer tissue ( r = 0.462, 0.551 and 0.583; P<0.01), while there was no correlated between K ep and gastric cancer T stage and the expression of HER2, EGFR in gastric cancer tissue ( P>0.05). ROC curve analysis result showed that the area under the curve of K trans combined with V e in diagnosis the T 3 to T 4 staging of gastric cancer was 0.929, with a specificity of 81.25% and a specificity of 92.00%. Conclusions:The DCE-MRI quantitative parameters K trans and V e have certain value in the diagnosis of gastric cancer T staging, and they are closely related to the expression of prognostic factors HER2 and EGFR.