2 0 obj 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. Am. Jensen, M.M., Jrgensen, J.T., Binderup, T. & Kjr, A. Tumor volume in subcutaneous mouse xenografts measured by microCT is more accurate and reproducible than determined by 18F-FDG-microPET or external caliper. J. Nucl. Med. Even though we did not have a statistical analysis of volume loss due to the unmeasured part of tumors in caliper measurements, the lost volume could be higher than the scanner results. Tumor measurement by TumorImager-2TM. Tumor volumes ranged from 0.5 cc to 187.9 cc, with a median of 21.8 cc. With constant width and length, the measured volume changes with the shape of the tumor. During the MRI measurements, life parameters of the mice were monitored. No, Is the Subject Area "Colorectal cancer" applicable to this article? Effects of holding an animal on tumor volume while scanning. Healthy tissues have efficient vasculature and effective blood supply due to the balance of proangiogenic and antiangiogenic factors. calculate an average volume based on two extreme segmentations; one including most of the border, and one excluding it. They found that caliper and ultrasonography measurements were significantly correlated but that tumor volumes calculated using different formulas varied substantially. The width of a fully formed tumor will be much larger than its height. 54, 401414 (1975). et al. In the case of Phase I, no similar problem occurs; the two-dimensional mathematical model can handle great values as well (e.g. here. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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. This site needs JavaScript to work properly. Cancer Inst. 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. & Russo, I.H. One can find datasets in Table 3. The second result which is discussed in the article is comparison of the effectiveness of bevacizumab administration in the case of protocol-based and quasi-continuous therapies. McCormick, D.L., Adamowski, C.B., Fiks, A. We have found that there is significant difference between the means of the samples (p = 0.002, using 0.05 level of significance). The tumor can be more and sometimes less visible or popped up from under the skin. (4). Read the article on why you should not use calipers! 58, 264270 (2008). Typical side-effects and adverse events are arterial and venous thromboembolic events, bleeding, hypertension, febrile neutropenia, infections, proteinuria, mucositis, and hand-foot syndrome. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142190.g001. Int. The figure shows the results of a mouse (C4) from control group (first row), and a mouse (E9) from case group (second row). No, Is the Subject Area "Breast cancer" applicable to this article? The aim of this article is therefore to explain of the tumor volume formula and the problems associated with the caliper measurements. Harris, R.E., Alshafie, G.A., Abou-Issa, H. & Seibert, K. Chemopreventive of breast cancer in rats by celecoxib, a ciclooxygenase 2 inhibitor. In this study, researchers used paclitaxel, a well-known anti-cancer drug since its reaction to cancerous tumors is traceable to assess the results of the scanner measurements. For the most precise result, tumor mass values, which were measured at the end of the experiment, were compared in the statistical analysis. In addition, the mice were weighed . Hence, the first step has to be the vasculature normalization with the reconstruction of the balance of pro- and antiangiogenic factors. However, if the treatment is lengthy, the problem of side-effects also has to be considered. Comparison of volume measurement results between four users. Finding the mathematical relationship between MRI-measured tumor volume and tumor mass creates the possibility to estimate tumor volume from caliper-measured data. The resulted linear curve is Discover a faster, simpler path to publishing in a high-quality journal. Scientific Reports All surgery and sacrifice were performed under sodium pentobarbital anaesthesia (Nembutal, 70 mg/kg), and all efforts were made to minimize suffering. In caliper measurements, two values, for length and width, must be recorded for one tumor in each animal; this means that for every 100 animals studied, at least 200 measurements must be made and recorded. If this surface intersects above the bottom of the tumor, then the volume estimation of the tumor will be smaller than the true value as can be seen from Figure 9. The other eight tumors exhibit forms that cannot be compared to a perfect ellipsoid. In this study, the authors measured dimensions of rat mammary tumors using a caliper and using real-time . Determining tumor volume is a useful and quantitative way to monitor tumor progression. Contrast agents improve the visibility, but it is an extra strain to the organism, which can be lethal to animals which are in the final stage of cancer. produced by the TumorImager-2TM so that the animal is aligned under the mask each time similarly to the previous scan. In Phase I, we have investigated tumor growth without therapy with two types of mouse tumor. One can find datasets in the last column of Table 2. (6) (7). This results in the inclusion of sections of the parallelepipeds volume that does not exist in the actual tumor. In several recent studies ([21, 22]), tumor volume is calculated assuming ellipsoid shape: In Phase III/3, control group members received one 200 g bevacizumab dose for an 18-day therapy (on the 3rd and 21st days); case group members received 1.11 g bevacizumab every day for 20 days. Oncol. Denis, F., Paon, L. & Tranquart, F. Radiosensitivity of rat mammary tumors correlates with early vessel changes assessed by Power Doppler sonography. Ergonomics 37, 217229 (1994). Determining tumor volume is a useful and quantitative way to monitor tumor progression. As the height values of the tumors deviate from those of the width, the caliper-based volume values of those tumors begin to mirror real-life measurements less closely. 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. In order to estimate tumor volume by external caliper, the greatest longitudinal diameter (length) and the greatest transverse diameter (width) were determined while mice were scruffed and conscious. Eur. Epub 2013 Jul 11. 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. Yes Bousquet, P.F. The .gov means its official. 1 0 obj In Phase III/3, MRI-measured tumor volume values are available which can be used as reference values for caliper-measured data. The first measurement in Phase I occurred on the 5th day; in Phase III/3, it occurred on the 4th day. & Deshayes, J.L. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test was used to compare more than two samples, while pairwise comparison was done by Tukeys honest significant difference (HSD) test. A patented algorithm running in the TumorManagerTM program calculates the tumor volume by creating a 3D surface map of the tumor (red-colored surface in Figure 12.). Additionally, this technique is plagued by the inconsistent selection of tumor axes at subsequent examinations. The whole experiment consisted of four phases; the article focuses on the Phase III/3 and its results together with the comparison of Phase I and Phase III/3 (Fig 1). CAS Experimentally induced mammary tumors in rats. A structured light-based system for scanning subcutaneous tumors in laboratory animals. Figure 3. In this case, tumor volume has to be calculated in the following way: Circular RNA circTRPS1-2 inhibits the proliferation and migration of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by reducing the production of ribosomes. It was on the 10th day, since HT-29 colorectal adenocarcinoma grows slower in mice than C38 colon adenocarcinoma. Using the above mentioned iterative method, the resulted equation is We found the same result for human colorectal adenocarcinoma (HT-29) xenografts. Bevacizumab (Avastin) [1] is an exogenous inhibitor, which inhibits the biological activity of human VEGF [2]. 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 . 2. Data Availability: All relevant data are within the paper. Oncol. However, most serious questions are: for how long and continuous or not? The height and topography of the tumor is not taken into account in a caliper measurement. Pursuant to one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, each sample has normal distribution (ppIV_control = 0.981, ppIV_case1 = 0.998, ppIV_case2 = 0.854). Hoffman-Goetz, L. et al. In Phase I, tumor growth was investigated without antiangiogenic therapy for 24 days (mice were sacrificed when the tumor reached a lethal size). To compare the effectiveness of the different investigated treatment methods, statistical analysis was used. Orthotopic xenograft tumor models, which are more difficult to establish, are close to the clinical behavior of malignant tumors in terms of location of the primary tumor site, the tumor progression, the tumor micro-environment, cell migration and metastasis [1 . Role of real-time sonography in assessment of breast diseases: a review of 200 cases (Abstr). Notice that the caliper-based measurements have a larger standard deviation. Better results can be obtained by proper handling of the mice. Unable to load your collection due to an error, Unable to load your delegates due to an error. J. Clin. Kim HB, Zeng CH, Kim Y, Jeong S, Kim SH, Kang JM, Park Y, Won DS, Kim JW, Ryu DS, Lim B, Park JH. 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. It can be carried out in vivo during the experiment due to the subcutaneous localization of the tumor. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. If one measures the volume of a penny using calipers and uses the widely accepted formula, repeating the measurement each time another penny is added to the stack, the stack will yield the same volume each time, regardless of how many pennies are stacked. 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. Effects of tamoxifen and melatonin on mammary gland cancer induced by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea and by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene, respectively, in female Sprague-Dawley rats. Fornage, B.D., Toubas, O. The tumor volume calculation was executed using the formula V = (W2 L)/2 for caliper measurements, where V is tumor volume, W is tumor width, and L is tumor length . Cancer 83, 621628 (1998). Figure 15. tumor height has to be approximated. Google Scholar. Comp. Mol. contracts here. Conceived and designed the experiments: ZS JS. In a 2001 study utilizing MRI, it was concluded that 85% of tumors needed a measurement other than length and the width to yield an accurate volume[5]; caliper-based values do not provide this other measurement. On Day 14, when the tumor volume reached ~500 mm 3, the mice were . The problems with tumor volume measurements by calipers 3.1 Tumor growth: Height is not equal to the width of the tumor . Our results provide a theoretical background for a much more effective bevacizumab treatment using optimized administration. PhD from the 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research Institute from Semmelweis University, Budapest, for making the fluorescence pictures with confocal microscope. Article Clinical criteria that establish when the endpoint have to be carried out: a) if tumors contributed to a gain of >20% in body weight compared to controls at the same time point; b) tumors that ulcerate, become necrotic or infected; c) any animal found unexpectedly to be moribund, cachectic, or unable to obtain food or water. Furthermore, caliper-based measurements cause undue stress on the animal and, by extension, the tumor, which can further distort measurements. Tumor growth can take place under such conditions; however delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs is obstructed. Homogeneity of variance was examined with Levenes test; the sample variances are equal (p = 0.052). Med. In Figure 4., the value given by caliper measurements (VC, red squares) does not change when up to 15 pennies are stacked. The dose depends mainly on weight. Tumor area was determined with flood fill algorithm [31] from the slides; by knowing the volume of a voxel, tumor volume was calculated from these two values. 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. Repetitive non-typhoidal Salmonella exposure is an environmental risk factor for colon cancer and tumor growth. The problems with tumor volume measurements by calipers, 3.1 Tumor growth: Height is not equal to the width of the tumor, 3.3 Caliper measurements are time-consuming, 3.4 Caliper measurements ignore a larger volume, https://ugobasile.com/products/catalogue/pain-and-inflammation/plethysmometer, A Structured Light Based Laboratory Animal Subcutaneous Tumor Scanning System. The last step is to find the f constant of the two-dimensional mathematical model for tumor growth without therapy (Phase I). Isofluorane (0.95 x 2.0%) was applied for inhalational anesthesia, and intubation was performed. The volume above the red area is not occupied by the tumor, as seen in Figure 8. BMC Med. depicts the inaccuracy of the formula used for caliper measurements, in which the height of the tumor is assumed to be equal to its width. Under these conditions, the formula for the volume of a tumor becomes. The lines on the graphs have a slope of 1, signifying that it represents caliper-based measurements in which height equals width. Measurements of tumors, in the context of research and industry, are expected to be accurate; it is unacceptable that this inaccurate formula has stood so long as the industry standard. The site is secure. Phase III contained three subphases, in every subphases two groups were created; control group received bevacizumab in one dose according to the protocol, while case group received substantially lower doses every day. @L Pk5*Gj@>Sk%SLL4w^c{j[hP(/h8HP_ @Ch( Although there are studies which confirme that bevacizumab is as effective as the murine anti-VEGF-R2 antibody (DC101) in mouse models ([27, 28]), we extended our experiments and performed Phase IV, where immunocompromized (SCID) mice were used with human colorectal adenocarcinoma (HT-29) xenografts. 47, 510 (2001). Breathing was monitored with piezoelectric transducer; temperature of the body was measured by rectal thermometer. 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. where V m is the measurement threshold that represents the smallest measurable tumor volume using a caliper. Materials and methods: The murine CaNT subcutaneous xenograft model was used. 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. Carlsson, G., Gullberg, B. 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 . 2022 Dec 20;3(12):100852. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100852. Breast Cancer Res. Small MRI measurements were done in the Preclinical Imaging Center of Gedeon Richter Plc. The explanation of the effectiveness of low dose VEGF therapy is the following ([3944]). The scanner-based measurements yield a higher correlation in this sense than caliper-based measurements. The results presented here were provided by them. PubMed 8600 Rockville Pike Position of the mouse was fixed to minimize the movement of the animal. 120, 386391 (2003). For this dataset, linear curve fitting was carried out (fitted linear curve) to find the mathematical relationship between MRI-measured tumor volume and tumor mass. 2001 Jan 15;19(2):551-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2001.19.2.551. 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. For the TM900 one has to push the acquisition button and almost immediately the images are stored and values calculated. Substituting tumor mass values which were measured in Phase I into Eq 8, the corresponding tumor volume values can be evaluated (one can find numerical results in Table 2 Tumor volume MRI column; and graphical results in Fig 6). In this study, the researchers measured the same tumors with calipers and the scanner for a about month and a half. 60, 21012103 (2000). <> The R2 value for the scanner is 0.99, as opposed to that for the caliper being 0.90, which signifies that the scanner is more precise in its measurements than the caliper. This process slightly stretches the body and deforms the tumor. Med. The scan images obtained are only for the external surface of the tumor. 55, 11761180 (1995). M}{Gt{zj|&cXx[k?CZ ~AjTxMr0 '~ix$mj/)9?$ t-o6MkVXs's}^E6-^_Yrv#w&r7w@WsQs]#G g$Cn. A diagram of an ellipsoid, with the derivations of the variables needed to calculate its volume. Google Scholar. Another approach is to utilize the scan images (Figure 14.) Thank you for visiting nature.com. The protocol was approved by the Hungarian Animal Experimental Research Ethics Council (llatksrleti Tudomnyos Etikai Tancs, ATET), Permit Number: 22.1/1159/3/2010. et al. & Moon, R.C. 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. Yes The majority of debate over Avastin is about breast cancer because, in 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the approval of Avastin for breast cancer treatment in the absence of decisive therapeutic benefit; however, several clinical trials suggested that Avastin can be effective in breast cancer treatment [6, 7]. The significant difference between quasi-continuous therapy (Phase III/3 case group) and tumor growth without treatment (Phase I) was proved with statistical analysis as well. eCollection 2022. van Elsland DM, Duijster JW, Zhang J, Stvenin V, Zhang Y, Zha L, Xia Y, Franz E, Sun J, Mughini-Gras L, Neefjes J. The first group did not receive therapy, the second group received one 200 g bevacizumab dose for a treatment period (protocol-based therapy), and the third group received 1.1 g bevacizumab every day (quasi-continuous therapy). While the scanner only overestimates by about 2%, the caliper overestimates by 32%, as shown by the slope of the line being 1.32. 12, 881885 (2005). Citation: Spi J, Kovcs L, Drexler DA, Kocsis P, Gajri D, Spi Z (2015) Tumor Volume Estimation and Quasi-Continuous Administration for Most Effective Bevacizumab Therapy. 29 September 2022, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology Predicting tumor volume in radical prostatectomy specimens from patients with prostate cancer. Lee, J., Koh, D. & Ong, C.N. Estimation of rat mammary tumor volume using caliper and ultrasonography measurements. Tukeys HSD test resuled in significant difference between case1 and case2 groups (p = 0.038). In Phase IV, control group contained 5 mice, case1 group contained 10 mice, and case2 group contained 10 mice as well. This formula was the starting point of our examination to find an appropriate mathematical model. Automatic randomization to perform group assignments based on body weight, tumor area/volume, delta tumor volume, or any numeric value and/or user-defined formula; These together with the tumor shape and all obtained data can easily be traced and consulted afterwards. 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. Department of Control Engineering and Information Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary, Affiliation . (8) the tumor volume are made using digital calipers, and bio logical activity is quantified via the assessment of changes in tumor volume between treated and control mice. Below, we present the results of some sample studies in which independent companies doing pharmaceutical, biotech, and cancer research organizations made trial runs to assess the new 3D technology and compare them with their standard caliper measurements. We compared tumor volumes estimated in vivo by BLI and FLI, to those calculated by caliper measurements and found a good correlation between these two techniques (Figure 4). & Robinson, S.P. This paper reviews the standard technique for tumour volume assessment, calliper measurements, by conducting a statistical review of a large dataset consisting of 2,500 tumour volume measurements from 1,600 mice by multiple operators across 6 mouse strains and 20 tumour models. Catheter was placed in the tail vein for injectionaccording to the mouse tail vein injection protocol [30]to investigate drug effect. Modern Pathol. The reason for choosing this type of administration was as follows: a) we wanted to use a daily dose in order to investigate the biological effect of frequent impulse-like control signal for the future controller design; b) we wanted to examine such a low dose which has practically no side-effect but presumably is still effective. Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trs-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, Ana Faustino-Rocha, Jacinta Pinho-Oliveira, Catarina Teixeira-Guedes& Ruben Soares-Maia, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Animal and Veterinary Research Centre, University of Trs-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, Paula A. Oliveira, Bruno Colao, Maria Joo Pires& Jorge Colao, Laboratory for Process, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisboa, Portugal, Department of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry of Natural Products and Agrifood, Mass Spectrometry Center, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, University of Trs-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, You can also search for this author in This means that the daily treatment with one-twelfth total dose resulted in significantly smaller tumors than the protocol-based treatment. These images were applied to calculate vascularization area by using ImageJ (NIH, USA) [33] software (Fig 4). Diagnostic accuracy of mammography, clinical examination, US, and MR imaging in preoperative assessment of breast cancer. 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. https://doi.org/10.1038/laban.254. We have investigated different methods to find the best tumor volume estimation since it creates the possibility for precise and effective drug administration with a much lower dose than in the protocol. Then we calculated the Coefficient of Variance between such measurements for both measurements to compare average inter-operator differences. The athymic (nude) mouse is a useful model for studying the biology and response to therapies of human tumors in vivo. Sport. & Hafstrm, L. Estimation of liver tumor volume using different formulasan experimental study in rats. Girit, I.C., Jure-Kunkel, M. & McIntyre, K.W. These model-based protocols can be more effective than the current ones, since they provide individual treatment for the patients. x|jY!==g'{oZ6-JiZ 39, 16 (1996). In addition, we have found that the quasi-continuous administration of bevacizumab is effective against tumor growth of C38 colon adenocarcinoma, in contrast . Click through the PLOS taxonomy to find articles in your field. e0142190. This approach presents an alternative to calipers which, although cheap, fast, and easy to use, introduce many biases for tumor volume estimation. Each day before the administration, the mice' body weight and tumor volume were measured and recorded. Wrote the paper: JS ZS PK LK. PubMed One can see experimental settings in Table 1, while MRI image of a control group mouse (C4) that was measured at the end of the experiment can be found in Fig 3. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142190.t001, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142190.g003. 37, 331337 (2011). 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