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Table 5 DCE-MRI parameters with VS-GR/GRASP stratified according to TRGs and response

From: The value of GRASP on DCE-MRI for assessing response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with esophageal cancer

Parameters

TRG1–5

responder and non-responder

VS-GR

GRASP

VS-GR

GRASP

r*(P)

r* (P)

r* (P)

r* (P)

Ktrans max

0.409 (0.001)

0.343 (0.006)

0.443(< 0.001)

0.396 (0.001)

Ktrans mean

0.305 (0.014)

0.320 (0.010)

0.338 (0.006)

0.307 (0.014)

Ktrans 75%

0.318 (0.011)

0.282 (0.024)

0.338 (0.006)

0.279 (0.026)

Kep max

0.379 (0.002)

0.323 (0.009)

0.343 (0.006)

0.381 (0.002)

Kep mean

0.314 (0.012)

0.255 (0.042)

0.215 (0.088)

0.274 (0.029)

Kep 75%

0.283 (0.023)

0.238 (0.058)

0.179 (0.157)

0.223 (0.077)

Ve max

0.097 (0.446)

−0.035 (0.784)

0.208 (0.099)

−0.003 (0.979)

Ve mean

0.125 (0.324)

0.318 (0.010)

0.256 (0.041)

0.335 (0.007)

Ve 75%

0.151 (0.234)

0.330 (0.008)

0.286 (0.022)

0.307 (0.014)

Vp max

0.312 (0.012)

0.333 (0.007)

0.391 (0.001)

0.412 (0.001)

Vp mean

0.158 (0.213)

0.371 (0.003)

0.228 (0.070)

0.402 (0.001)

Vp 75%

0.115 (0.366)

0.370 (0.003)

0.210 (0.096)

0.407 (0.001)

AUC max

0.524(< 0.001)

0.253 (0.044)

0.471(< 0.001)

0.494(< 0.001)

AUC mean

0.294 (0.018)

0.306 (0.014)

0.343 (0.006)

0.419 (0.001)

AUC 75%

0.314 (0.012)

0.307 (0.014)

0.353 (0.004)

0.432(< 0.001)

  1. Note.—r* is the Spearman correlation coefficient obtained from the nonparametric Spearman correlation test