Radiogenomics as an Integrated Approach to Glioblastoma Precision Medicine

Sanchez, Isabella; Rahman, Ruman

Abstract

Purpose of Review
Isocitrate dehydrogenase wild-type glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain tumour in adults. Its infiltrative nature and heterogeneity confer a dismal prognosis, despite multimodal treatment. Precision medicine is increasingly advocated to improve survival rates in glioblastoma management; however, conventional neuroimaging techniques are insufficient in providing the detail required for accurate diagnosis of this complex condition.

Recent Findings
Advanced magnetic resonance imaging allows more comprehensive understanding of the tumour microenvironment. Combining diffusion and perfusion magnetic resonance imaging to create a multiparametric scan enhances diagnostic power and can overcome the unreliability of tumour characterisation by standard imaging. Recent progress in deep learning algorithms establishes their remarkable ability in image-recognition tasks. Integrating these with multiparametric scans could transform the diagnosis and monitoring of patients by ensuring that the entire tumour is captured. As a corollary, radiomics has emerged as a powerful approach to offer insights into diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and tumour response through extraction of information from radiological scans, and transformation of these tumour characteristics into quantitative data. Radiogenomics, which links imaging features with genomic profiles, has exhibited its ability in characterising glioblastoma, and determining therapeutic response, with the potential to revolutionise management of glioblastoma.

Summary
The integration of deep learning algorithms into radiogenomic models has established an automated, highly reproducible means to predict glioblastoma molecular signatures, further aiding prognosis and targeted therapy. However, challenges including lack of large cohorts, absence of standardised guidelines and the ‘black-box’ nature of deep learning algorithms, must first be overcome before this workflow can be applied in clinical practice.

Citation

Sanchez, I., & Rahman, R. (2024). Radiogenomics as an Integrated Approach to Glioblastoma Precision Medicine. Current Oncology Reports, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-024-01580-z

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Jul 5, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Jul 16, 2024
• Publication Date: Jul 16, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jul 13, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 16, 2024
• Journal: Current Oncology Reports
• Print ISSN: 1523-3790
• Electronic ISSN: 1534-6269
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-024-01580-z
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/37229752
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11912-024-01580-z
• Additional Information: Accepted: 5 July 2024; First Online: 16 July 2024; : ; : The authors declare no competing interests.