Abstract #3603

Radiation-induced structural network alterations in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a longitudinal study

Xinyuan Zhang¹, Xiaofei Lv², Pu Xu¹, Yuhao Lin¹, Long Qian³, and Yanqiu Feng¹

¹School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, ²Department of Medical Imaging, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangzhou, China, ³MR Research, GE Healthcare, Beijing, China

Synopsis

We conducted a longitudinal study to explore the radiation-induced alterations of structural brain network for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) technique and graph theory. The dose-dependent effect was also investigated using Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient. The structural brain connectivity was found to be altered at both 0~3 (acute) and 6 months (early-delayed) after radiotherapy (RT) and showed a tendency of recovery at 12 months (late-delayed) after RT. Also, the change of nodal properties were related to the temporal dose. These findings provide new insights into the pathophysiological mechanism of radiation-induced brain injuries.

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