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We aimed to develop machine learning (ML)-based classification models that integrate clinical variables and both tumoral and peritumoral radiomic features to predict VPI in patients with lung adenocarcinoma before surgery. Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 118 patients, including 80 (68%) without VPI and 38 (32%) with histologically confirmed VPI. All patients underwent preoperative contrast-enhanced CT scans. Tumor volumes were manually segmented, and isotropic expansions of 3, 5, and 10 mm were automatically generated to define peritumoral regions. The dataset was randomly split into training (70%) and validation (30%) cohorts. Radiomic features and clinical data were used to train multiple ML algorithms. Results: Pleural Tag Sign and the Worst Histotype were identified as the strongest clinical predictors of VPI. The combined model, integrating radiomics from the lesion and clinical variables, achieved the highest training accuracy of 0.88 (95% CI: 0.80\u20130.92) and validation accuracy of 0.83 (95% CI: 0.68\u20130.92). Conclusions: VPI is associated with detectable alterations in both tumoral and peritumoral microenvironment on contrast-enhanced CT. Incorporating radiomic features with clinical data enabled improved model performance compared to clinical-only models, yielding very good accuracies. This approach may support surgical planning and patient risk stratification. Further prospective studies are needed to validate these findings and assess their clinical impact.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers17244001","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,16]],"date-time":"2025-12-16T09:57:24Z","timestamp":1765879044000},"page":"4001","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Tumoral and Peritumoral Radiomics for Preoperative Prediction of Visceral Pleural Invasion in Lung Adenocarcinoma"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5579-0837","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Filippo Tommaso","family":"Gallina","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Thoracic Surgery Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-4817-3105","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sonia","family":"Lucchese","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology Unit IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6203-4642","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonello","family":"Vidiri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology Unit IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-1919-639X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francesca","family":"Laganaro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology Unit IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sergio","family":"Ruggiero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology Unit IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Doriana","family":"Vergara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology Unit IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Riccardo","family":"Taj\u00e8","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thoracic Surgery Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Edoardo","family":"Mercadante","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thoracic Surgery Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paolo","family":"Visca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pathology Unit IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9845-4400","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Simona","family":"Marzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Physics Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"7","article-title":"Cancer Statistics, 2022","volume":"72","author":"Siegel","year":"2022","journal-title":"CA Cancer J. 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