Incorporating visceral adipose tissue into dual-region deep learning radiomics on CT improves preoperative lymph node metastasis prediction in gastric cancer: A multicenter study.
BACKGROUND Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is associated with tumor progression in gastric cancer (GC), but its added value for predicting lymph node metastasis (LNM) remains unclear. PURPOSE This study aimed to construct a DR-DLR model that incorporates CT-based features from both VAT and tumor, with the goal of predi...