Diffuse optical measurements of head and neck tumor hemodynamics for early prediction of radiation therapy (Conference Presentation)

Lixin Dong; Mahesh Kudrimoti; Daniel Irwin; Li Chen; Yu Shang; Xingzhe Li; Scott D Stevens; Brent J. Shelton; Guoqiang Yu

doi:10.1117/12.2207981

27 April 2016 Diffuse optical measurements of head and neck tumor hemodynamics for early prediction of radiation therapy (Conference Presentation)

Lixin Dong, Mahesh Kudrimoti, Daniel Irwin, Li Chen, Yu Shang, Xingzhe Li, Scott D Stevens, Brent J. Shelton, Guoqiang Yu

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Proceedings Volume 9698, Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic and Surgical Guidance Systems XIV; 969809 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2207981
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Radiation therapy is a principal modality for head and neck cancers and its efficacy depends on tumor hemodynamics. Our laboratory developed a hybrid diffuse optical instrument allowing for simultaneous measurements of tumor blood flow and oxygenation. In this study, the clinically involved cervical lymph node was monitored by the hybrid instrument once a week over the treatment period of seven weeks. Based on treatment outcomes within one year, patients were classified into a complete response group (CR) and an incomplete response group (IR) with remote metastasis and/or local recurrence. A linear mixed models was used to compare tumor hemodynamic responses to the treatment between the two groups. Interestingly, we found that human papilloma virus (HPV-16) status largely affected tumor hemodynamic responses. For HPV-16 negative tumors, significant differences in blood flow index (BFI, p = 0.007) and reduced scattering coefficient (μs’, p = 0.0005) were observed between the two groups; IR tumors exhibited higher μs’ values and a continuous increase in BFI over the treatment period. For HPV-16 positive tumors, oxygenated hemoglobin concentration ([HbO2]) and blood oxygen saturation (StO2) were significant different (p = 0.003 and 0.01, respectively); IR group showed lower [HbO2] and StO2. Our results imply HPV-16 negative tumors with higher density of vasculature (μs’) and higher blood flow show poor responses to radiotherapy and HPV-16 positive tumors with lower tissue oxygenation level (lower StO2 and [HbO2]) exhibit poor treatment outcomes. Our diffuse optical measurements show the great potential for early prediction of radiotherapy in head and neck cancers.

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Lixin Dong, Mahesh Kudrimoti, Daniel Irwin, Li Chen, Yu Shang, Xingzhe Li, Scott D Stevens, Brent J. Shelton, and Guoqiang Yu "Diffuse optical measurements of head and neck tumor hemodynamics for early prediction of radiation therapy (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9698, Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic and Surgical Guidance Systems XIV, 969809 (27 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2207981

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