Investigating the results of Phase III/3 one can observe that the two-dimensional mathematical model has good estimation property when the tumor width and length values are small; however, for large tumor diameter values the estimation could result in significant error, the estimated value is greater than the measured one (outliers are E8, C2). BMC Med. Mice were humanely sacrificed using cervical dislocation. 55, 74108 (2005). Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. The second subphase (Phase III/2) was similar to Phase III/1, mice received the same dosage of bevacizumab as in Phase III/1, however sample size was higher (6 immunocompetent mice in control group, 12 immunocompetent mice in case group), and bevacizumab administration started earlier, on the 3rd day of the experiment. Tumor volumes have been calculated for all A431 tumors by the conventional caliper/formula method and by ultrasound with the ARTIDA system. Statistical evaluations of agreement between two methods for measuring a quantitative variable. In the case of HT-29 adenocarcinoma, the daily treatment with one-twelfth total dose resulted in significantly smaller tumors than the protocol-based treatment (p = 0.038). PubMed All rights reserved. In Phase IV, control group members received no bevacizumab. In addition, the mice were weighed . 2023 Jan 20;42(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s13046-022-02578-w. Zhao R, Chen P, Qu C, Liang J, Cheng Y, Sun Z, Tian H. Cell Death Discov. et al. The scanner-based measurements yield a higher correlation in this sense than caliper-based measurements. Figure 15. The TM900 also stores an optical image in the measurement data base. In Figure 15., the linear regression equation for the best-fit line for VPleth values on the y-axis along with VC and VS values would be approximately y x, or y 1.00x + 0.00. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142190.g005, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142190.t002, To find the f constant for tumor growth without therapy (Phase I), first reliable tumor volume values had to be found, since there was no MRI measurement in Phase I. Beside tumor diameters, tumor mass was measured and vascularization area was calculated in the case of the removed tumors. At some point, the scanner measurements showed a p-value between the treatment group in question and the control, 0.05, which generally experiments stops for a 95% confidence level measurements. Examination of tumor growth belongs not only to the basic medical research, but to the biomedical engineering field as well. Lab Animal (2), Whilst studies have shown that tumors can be better estimated with ellipsoid shape than using Eq 1, calculating the volume of an ellipsoid requires the knowledge of the third parameter. Tumor growth Tumor regression Number of Number of volume volume doublings Percentage additional halvings: Decrease in Percentage decrcase in increase Volume Area" Diameterb volume doubling number Volume Area" Diameterb Doubling of Halving of Volume 1 .o 100.0 58.7 26.0 Volume 1 .o 50.0 37.0 20.6 () and were used with the parameters displayed in Table 1Parameters for Gompertz growth were taken from Benzekry et al. Tumor was located in the last third of the back of the mouse in every case. The other eight tumors exhibit forms that cannot be compared to a perfect ellipsoid. Google Scholar. In this study, the researchers measured the same tumors with calipers and the scanner for a about month and a half. Cancer Res. When using calipers there is dependency in the measured data of the positioning by the operator of the tool on the xenograft. et al. Med. In Phase I, 12 mice were implanted with C38 colon adenocarcinoma. J. Urol. No, Is the Subject Area "Magnetic resonance imaging" applicable to this article? Later in a study, when a tumor grows into larger masses, the shape of the tumor can differ greatly from an ellipsoid, as shown in Figure 7. Tumor volume measurement was performed by digital caliper and small animal MRI. & Bullock, G.) 253257 (Elsevier Academic, Boston, 2004). Lee, J., Koh, D. & Ong, C.N. . This process takes 45 days. & Robinson, S.P. This helps to calculate accurate tumor volume from caliper measured data which will be useful for further animal experiments and as a consequence no small MRI measurements will be needed. When tumor cells become able to produce proangiogenic factors (the process is called as angiogenic switch), it will result in abnormal and inefficient vascular network (with high vascular permeability and poor perfusion) due to the hurried process of vessel formation. Figure 5. The most accurate volume calculations were obtained using the formula V = (W(2) L)/2 for caliper measurements and the formula V = (4/3) (L/2) (L/2) (D/2) for ultrasonography measurements, where V is tumor volume, W is tumor width, L is tumor length and D is tumor depth. In addition, even though there is about a 20% difference between the low-dose treatment group for the scanner measurements, the caliper-based measurements do not show any effect for this dose. CAS & Russo, I.H. []. Cancer Res. We are sorry, but there is no personal subscription option available for your country. constant low-dose therapy because in the case of controller-based administration, the control signal (administration dose) can vary from zero to the maximum tolerable dose according to the perceived tumor volume. Figure 7. Modulation of mammary tumor vascularization by mast cells: Ultrasonographic and histopathological approaches. & Accurately measure the tumor (in cm) using a caliper. Make sure you get accurate measurements for length, width and height. 19, 6170 (1989). As is the case with caliper measurements, if the tumor appears visibly flattened and is hard to see by eye then the mouse should be repositioned. Funding: This work was supported by Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), http://www.otka.hu/en, No: K-112993 (Jnos) and Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, http://mta.hu/cikkek/?node_id=26057, No: 425_12. This estimation has the same disadvantage as ellipsoid estimation, i.e. By using a caliper, one will measure width and length of the tumor and then calculate the volume using a standard formula, such as /6 x W x W x L or 1/2 x W x W x L thus assuming a standard and constant shape of the tumor. Tumor volume was measured with digital caliper. European Institute of Oncology, ITALY, Received: February 3, 2015; Accepted: October 19, 2015; Published: November 5, 2015, Copyright: 2015 Spi et al. Consequently, when tumor mass data is unavailable (during the experiment), tumor volume value can be validated with MRI; in that way outlier data points (which were calculated using the two-dimensional mathematical model) can be filtered out. The tumor can be more and sometimes less visible or popped up from under the skin. obtained using vernier calipers (c.c) Vol. This formula was the starting point of our examination to find an appropriate mathematical model. 1.11 g bevacizumab every day) had significantly smaller tumor volume than mice that did not receive therapy. Girit, I.C., Jure-Kunkel, M. & McIntyre, K.W. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142190.t003. Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Tumor segmentation by TumorImager-2TM. In Phase III/3, control group members received 200 g bevacizumab (with 455 l 0.9% NaCl solution) in one dose intraperitoneally on the 3rd day and on the 21st day. Bevacizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody, therefore the effectivity of bevacizumab therapy in mice is not trivial. Usually, 3.0 x 10 6 cells are needed per injection. Thus, caliper-based measurements are less accurate the more the height of the stack deviates from its width. In this phase, three groups were created. In that caseeven though all the three diameters can be measuredthe estimation of the volume has quite a large error. The athymic (nude) mouse is a useful model for studying the biology and response to therapies of human tumors in vivo. . Radiology 254, 110118 (2010). Caliper instructions are provided as well as an introduction to ellipsoids. The shape of the tumor, more often than not, is not an ellipsoid. The obtained data include height and topography changes. The size of maximum tumor volumes observed in our study fulfills the requirements of Hungarian animal experimental research protocol. A study[4] (Figure 5.) Based on the experimental data, model identification can be carried out which describes the mathematical model of the investigated biological process. Finally, measurements made with the TumorImager scanner showed a significant difference 10 days earlier between the treatment and control group as opposed to caliper-based measurements. A solution to these problems is the TumorImagerTM scanner. Competing interests: The authors have the following interests: Coauthors PK and DG are employed by Gedeon Richter Ltd. Avastin (bevacizumab) is manufactured by Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA; EU patent expiry in 2019 in the US and 2022 in EU. Repetitive non-typhoidal Salmonella exposure is an environmental risk factor for colon cancer and tumor growth. (5) Mammary tumors similar to those observed in women can be induced in rats by intraperitoneal administration of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea. This helps to calculate accurate tumor volume from caliper measured data which will be useful for further animal experiments and as a consequence no small MRI measurements will be needed. Similarly, we may have the possibility to a) measure the tumor volume using nanotechnology, b) create a pump for drug administration and c) design control algorithms for specific tumor types. Thirty-two tumors (46%) were nonspherical, as defined above; of these, 19 tumors were nonspherical in the x-y plane, 10 tumors were nonspherical in the y-z plane, and 24 tumors were nonspherical in the x-z plane. This can happen if the mouse is pressed into the mask or if the body is stretched when held. Tumor volume determined by microCT, 18 F-FDG-PET and external caliper Tumor volume measured by microCT, PET and caliper all correlated (P < 0.001) with reference volume (figure 1).MicroCT versus reference volume (n = 20) had the best fit of line y = 1.01 0.04x - 6.1 6.3 (R 2 = 0.97; p < 0.001). VC refers to tumor volume values calculated through the formula VT = 0.5 L W2, and VCH refers to those through the formula VT = 0.5 L W H. VS refers to measurements taken by the scanner, and % Inc. refers to the percent increase between VS and VCH. In a study done in England, the researchers at the end of their experiment, dissected tumors and measured their weight with a precise balance, and used these weight values of the tumors to compare results of the caliper and the scanner measurements. A graph depicting tumor volume in mm3, as measured by a caliper compared to its actual volume, vs. days. Average of tumor volumes for every measurement days of the experiment can be seen in Fig 8. To overcome all of these difficulties (continuity of the administration and side-effects), model identification should be determined and then a control algorithm (controller) can be designed for the created mathematical model. To obtain The study was carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. An average penny has a diameter of 19 mm and a height of 1.27 mm, yielding a volume of 360.1 mm3. In another, 7,286 tumors were measured and 99.97% of those exhibited smaller heights than widths. Mammary tumors seemed to take on an oblate spheroid geometry. Clin. ), the more correlated a given group (scanner or caliper estimations) is to the black line (r2 = 1), the more accurate the tumor volume measurements are. The volume above the red area is not occupied by the tumor, as seen in Figure 8. In order to assess interobserver variation, each . Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. How the device is positioned over the tumor will not influence the result. The data reveals that the mean volume of PTV is 60.8 53.9 cc where these targets exhibit no significant difference between each modality. PhD from the 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research Institute from Semmelweis University, Budapest, for making the fluorescence pictures with confocal microscope. Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter what matters in science, free to your inbox daily. In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles The tumor shown has a dip in its form, which means that its volume will be less than that of a tumor without a dip. A caliper measurement would only take into account the components for length and width and therefore ignore this dip measured by the values for height, which would, in turn, inaccurately measure the tumors volume. 8600 Rockville Pike Recommended administration of bevacizumab is one 5 10 mg/kg dose for 23 weeks [1]. One can see that the two-dimensional mathematical model fits to the MRI-measured values, while the protocol-based values present totally different curve. On Day 14, when the tumor volume reached ~500 mm 3, the mice were . Circular RNA circTRPS1-2 inhibits the proliferation and migration of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by reducing the production of ribosomes. In the experiment 9.4 Tesla field strength Varian small-animal MRI was used. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142190.g002. The tumor number, from one to ten, is shown against the percent error. Fj^P;7? There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. Under these conditions, the formula for the volume of a tumor becomes. Stretching of the skin around the tumor of the mouse will cause an under-estimate of the tumor volume since the tumor is pressed into the body (see Figure 13. below). PMC Since, the assumptions made to measure a 3D object with 2D measurements, the error due to the geometrical assumption are larger than the errors due to handling of the animal causing deformation of the tumor, and this aspect, in general, is ignored. Mrio Ginja. A tumor image, its 3D shape and all geometrical data are automatically calculated and stored. broad scope, and wide readership a perfect fit for your research every time. At this critical stage in the tumors growth, the caliper-based volume measurement will generally be larger than the tumors actual volume, since the longest axis of the parallelepiped will be partially empty. A two-dimensional mathematical model was created from the experimental results of BALB/c mice with KHJJ tumor line [25]: The first measurement in Phase I occurred on the 5th day; in Phase III/3, it occurred on the 4th day. The post hoc test resulted in the following. Yes Coauthors PK and DG are employed by Gedeon Richter Ltd. Gedeon Richter Ltd. provided support in the form of salaries for authors PK and DG, and in the form of using the resources of Preclinical Imaging Center of Gedeon Richter Ltd., but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Due to the collaboration between medical doctors and biomedical engineers, model-based treatment protocols can be created. Internet Explorer). Tumor volume was measured with digital caliper as well. A diagram of an ellipsoid, with the derivations of the variables needed to calculate its volume. During the scan, a mouse should be held in a relaxed manner without stretching its skin to cause unwanted deformation of the tumor body. In clinical practice, the determination of the tumor size (volume) is done by MRI and/or CT, but this is for the purpose of validating the effectiveness of the treatment, and therefore it is not a continuous monitoring. PubMedGoogle Scholar. Even though, now, the formula is calculated in an Excel spreadsheet where can be defined as a function, pi(), almost in all cases, in the volume formula is defined as 3.0. In Phase IV, the caliper measurement days were the 10th, 12th, 17th, 19th, 22nd and 23rd days. Tumor as a 3-D object has three diameters (width, length and height); however in vivo only two diameters can be measured by caliper (width, w and length, l). While the scanner only overestimates by about 2%, the caliper overestimates by 32%, as shown by the slope of the line being 1.32. Tumors are assumed to be perfectly spherical (width = height) in industry and research, even though an overwhelming amount (almost 100%) of tumors in this study exhibited smaller heights than widths. A possible solution for height approximation [23] is: YH29407 with anti-PD-1 ameliorates anti-tumor effects. In addition, the root mean square, R2 values under the linear regression equations in Figure 15. symbolize the precision of the data. et al. and JavaScript. Fornage, B.D., Toubas, O. <> stream No, Is the Subject Area "Mathematical models" applicable to this article? . endobj here. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Results of this phase can be found in [26]. After fixing in methanol, rat anti-mouse CD31 antibody (1:50, 550274 BD PHARMINGEN) was applied as primer antibody, and FITC conjugated anti-rat CD31 antibody (1:100, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-095-150) was applied on the slides as secondary antibody. Kim DK, Synn CB, Yang SM, Kang S, Baek S, Oh SW, Lee GJ, Kang HW, Lee YS, Park JS, Kim JH, Byeon Y, Kim YS, Lee DJ, Kim HW, Park JD, Lee SS, Lee JY, Lee JB, Kim CG, Hong MH, Lim SM, Kim HR, Pyo KH, Cho BC. Weber, W.A. Bousquet, P.F. In the case2 group, one mouse died on the 8th day, before the therapy (bevacizumab administration) started. Accessibility When the tumor has a symmetrical, solid closed shape (typically without treatment), volume can be evaluated accurately from caliper-measured data with the applied two-dimensional mathematical model. [45] have found that the combination of low-dose cyclophosphamide and ginsenoside Rg3 therapy can be more effective than the normal administration. Normality was investigated with one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and homogeneity of variance (homoscedasticity) was examined with Levenes test. Mice were monitored daily by personnel experienced in recognizing signs of morbidity (illness, injury, or abnormal behavior) also in weekends and holidays. Because the industrys caliper-based formula allows for these inclusions in nonexistent volumes more often than not, it yields inaccurate measurements, which can confuse. Yes A standard deviation of 0% is almost impossible in real life, but a smaller standard deviation is generally favorable. & Morel, M. Clinical, mammographic, and sonographic determination of preoperative breast cancer size. 39, 16 (1996). Epub 2017 Mar 21. No, Is the Subject Area "Breast cancer" applicable to this article? To compare the effectiveness of the different investigated treatment methods, statistical analysis was used. Than not, is not trivial combination of low-dose cyclophosphamide and ginsenoside Rg3 therapy can be carried out describes. Caseeven though all the three diameters can be induced in rats by intraperitoneal of. 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