Prognostic value of pretreatment volume-based quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

PurposeTo investigate the relationships between pretreatment volume-based quantitative ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) parameters and overall survival (OS) in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).Materials and methodsWe retrospectively reviewed data from 201 MPM patients, of whom 38 underwent surgical resection, and calculated the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), and total lesion glycolysis (TLG), including primary tumors and nodal or distant metastatic lesions, on pretreatment ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT. Relationships between clinicopathological factors (age, sex, performance status, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer [EORTC] score, histological subtype, TNM stage, and treatment strategy), volume-based quantitative PET/CT parameters, and OS were evaluated using a Cox proportional hazards model and log-rank test.ResultsThe median follow-up was 15 months (range, 1–96 months; median, 17 months). In a univariate analysis of all patients, older age (p < 0.05), high EORTC score (p < 0.001), non-epithelioid histological subtype (p < 0.001), high T stage (p < 0.001), positive N/M status (p < 0.05, p < 0.001), advanced TNM stage (p < 0.001), non-surgical treatment (p < 0.001), and high SUVmax (p < 0.001), MTV (p < 0.001), or TLG (p < 0.001) were associated with significantly shorter OS. A multivariate analysis confirmed non-epithelioid subtype (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.69, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.14–2.48; p < 0.05), non-surgical treatment (HR: 0.58, 95% CI: 0.34–0.95; p < 0.05), and high TLG (HR: 1.97, 95% CI: 1.14–3.44; p < 0.05) as independent negative predictors.ConclusionsPretreatment volume-based quantitative ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT parameters, especially TLG, could serve as potential surrogate markers for MPM prognosis.     

Prognostic role of baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters in mantle cell lymphoma

Annals of Nuclear Medicine - Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive lymphoma sub-type with poor prognosis and high 18F-FDG avidity at PET/CT; nowadays, no validated criteria for PET/CT in...     

Prognostic value of semi-quantitative parameters of 18F-FDG PET/CT in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients

Annals of Nuclear Medicine - To investigate the prognostic value of fluroine-18 fluorodexyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) semi-quantitative parameter in...     

Prognostic value of volumetric parameters measured by 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Purpose

The objective of this study was to investigate the value of metabolic tumour volume (MTV) assessed with ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in predicting event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), and particularly to compare it with more conventional parameters such as maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax).

Methods

Patients referred to our department for ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT for staging of HNSCC were prospectively included between February 2009 and March 2011. Each patient was scanned using a Philips Gemini PET/CT system at 1 h after injection. The MTV was calculated semiautomatically for the primary site using methods based on SUV with various thresholds: 3-D contour around voxels equal to or greater than 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 times SUV, or more than 30 %, 40 % and 50 % of SUVmax. ROC analysis was used to test the statistical significance of the differences among the calculated MTVs. EFS and OS were determined using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared with MTV in univariate and multivariate analyses, including the usual prognostic factors: age, sex, primary site, treatment, SCC histologic grade, AJCC stage, TNM classification, tumour SUVmax and SUVpeak.

Results

The study included 80 consecutive patients (70 men, 10 women; mean age 62.4?±?9.0 years). ROC analysis revealed that pretreatment MTV using a threshold of 5.0 times SUV (MTV5.0) was the best parameter to predict recurrence and death after treatment. In univariate analysis, MTV5.0 >4.9 ml was predictive of poor EFS (p?<?0.0001) and poor OS (p?<?0.0001). In multivariate, MTV5.0 persisted as an independent predictive factor for EFS (p?=?0.011) and OS (p?=?0.010), while SUVmax became nonsignificant (p?=?0.277 for EFS, p?=?0.975 for OS).

Conclusion

Our results suggest that MTV measured by ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT has independent prognostic value of in patients with HNSCC, stronger than SUVmax.     

Prognostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT with texture analysis in patients with rectal cancer treated by surgery

Annals of Nuclear Medicine - The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of texture analysis using pretreatment 18F-FDG PET/CT to predict prognosis in patients with surgically treated rectal...     

Clinical value of 11C-methionine PET/CT in patients with plasma cell malignancy: comparison with 18F-FDG PET/CT

Purpose

PET/CT using FDG has been widely used for the imaging of various malignant tumours, including plasma cell malignancy (PCM), but ¹¹C-methionine (MET), as a radiolabelled amino acid tracer, may also be useful because PCM is able to activate protein synthesis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical value of PET/CT imaging using MET in PCM, including multiple myeloma, compared with that of FDG PET/CT.

Methods

The study group comprised 20 patients with histologically proven PCM who underwent FDG PET/CT and MET PET/CT scans before (n?=?6) or after (n?=?14) treatment. Semiquantitative analysis was performed on a lesion basis. We also visually evaluated the scans qualitatively using a five-point scale (0, negative; 1, probably negative; 2, equivocal; 3, probably positive; 4, positive) on a lesion and a patient basis. The results were compared between the two scans.

Results

Active PCM was confirmed in 15 patients, including two patients with extramedullary lesions. Uptake of MET tended to be higher (maximum standardized uptake value 10.3 ± 5.6, mean ± SD) than that of FDG (3.4 ± 2.7, p?<?0.001), and more lesions of grade 3 or 4 were depicted by MET (MET 156 lesions vs. FDG 58 lesions). On a patient basis, two patients were accurately diagnosed only by MET. In the remaining 18 patients, consistent results were obtained, but potential upgrade of staging or restaging was necessary in 6 of 11 positive patients because more abnormal lesions were demonstrated by MET. The patient-based sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of MET for restaging were 89 %, 100 % and 93 %, respectively, while those of FDG were 78 %, 100 % and 86 %, respectively.

Conclusion

MET revealed an equal or greater number of lesions in PCM than FDG. MET may be especially useful when negative or inconclusive findings are obtained by FDG despite highly suspicious indications of recurrence.     

18F—FDGPET／CT在鼻咽癌综合治疗后患者随访及预后评估中的价值

鼻咽癌是一类发病率较高、早期发现困难、误诊误治率较高的头颈部恶性肿瘤。多数鼻咽癌患者对放疗敏感,但仍有部分患者出现残留、复发或转移。PET／CT作为现代医学影像重要组成部分之一,将PET的功能显像与CT的解剖成像有机结合,不仅能有效显示肿瘤的增生、代谢、乏氧及细胞的凋亡状态,而且能精确显示肿瘤与其周围脏器组织的解剖结构,在鼻咽癌患者的临床诊断、分期、治疗及预后评估等方面具有重要价值。该文重点就PET／CT对鼻咽癌综合治疗后患者局部残留、复发或转移的诊断价值及预后评估效能进行综述。     

Prognostic value of whole-body metabolic tumour volume and total lesion glycolysis measured on 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma

Purpose

The aim of this study was to determine whether maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), whole-body metabolic tumour volume (WBMTV), and whole-body total lesion glycolysis (WBTLG) measured on pretreatment ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT can predict prognosis in patients with extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL).

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of 20 patients with newly-diagnosed ENKTL who underwent pretreatment ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT. WBMTV and WBTLG were measured automatically using the boundaries of voxels presenting SUV?>?3.0. Uni- and multivariate analyses for survival and disease progression were performed using clinical variables and PET parameters (SUVmax, WBMTV, and WBTLG).

Results

During the follow-up period (median 26.3 months), 12 patients showed disease progression and 10 patients died from the disease. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed cut-off values for SUVmax, WBMTV and WBTLG of 8.1, 14.4 cm³ and 52.7, respectively. Univariate analysis showed that the International Prognostic Index (IPI) score and PET parameters were significant predictors of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Multivariate analysis, even after adjustment for the IPI score, showed that high WBMTV was the best predictor of OS and PFS, and high SUVmax and WBTLG were significant predictors of PFS.

Conclusion

Our results suggested that the use of PET parameters together with the IPI score may be useful for detailed prediction of prognosis in ENKTL patients. Therefore, despite a lower IPI score, patients with high PET parameter values might be considered candidates for aggressive therapy to improve clinical outcomes.     

Prognostic value of metabolic tumor burden on 18F-FDG PET in nonsurgical patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Purpose

The objective of this study was to assess the prognostic value of metabolic tumor burden on 2-deoxy-2-[¹⁸F]fluoro-D-glucose (¹⁸F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT measured with metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG), independent of Union Internationale Contra la Cancrum (UICC)/American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tumor, node, and metastasis (TNM) stage, in comparison with that of standardized uptake value (SUV) in nonsurgical patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods

This study retrospectively reviewed 169 consecutive nonsurgical patients (78 men, 91 women, median age of 68?years) with newly diagnosed NSCLC who had pretreatment ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT scans. The ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT scans were performed in accordance with National Cancer Institute guidelines. The MTV of whole-body tumor (MTV_WB), of primary tumor (MTV_T), of nodal metastases (MTV_N), and of distant metastases (MTV_M); the TLG of whole-body tumor (TLG_WB), of primary tumor (TLG_T), of nodal metastases (TLG_N), and of distant metastases (TLG_M); the SUV_max of whole-body tumor (SUV_maxWB), of primary tumor (SUV_maxT), of nodal metastases (SUV_maxN), and of distant metastases (SUV_maxM) as well as the SUV_mean of whole-body tumor (SUV_meanWB), of primary tumor (SUV_meanT), of nodal metastases (SUV_meanN), and of distant metastases (SUV_meanM) were measured with the PETedge tool on a MIMvista workstation with manual adjustment. The median follow-up among survivors was 35?months from the PET/CT (range 2?C82?months). Statistical methods included Kaplan-Meier curves, Cox regression, and C-statistics.

Results

There were a total of 139 deaths during follow-up. Median overall survival (OS) was 10.9?months [95% confidence interval (CI) 9.0?C13.2?months]. The MTV was statistically associated with OS. The hazard ratios (HR) for 1 unit increase of ln(MTV_WB), ??(MTV_T), ??(MTV_N), and ??(MTV_M) before/after adjusting for stage were: 1.47/1.43 (p?p?p?p?=?0.007/0.043), respectively. TLG had statistically significant associations with OS with the HRs for 1 unit increase in ln(TLG_WB), ??(TLG_T), ??(TLG_N), and ??(TLG_M) before/after adjusting for stage being 1.36/1.33 (p?p?=?0.001/0.002), 1.05/1.04 (p?p?=?0.003/0.024), respectively. The ln(SUV_maxWB) and ??(SUV_maxN) were statistically associated with OS with the corresponding HRs for a 1 unit increase before/after adjusting for stage being 1.46/1.43 (p?=?0.013/0.024) and 1.22/1.16 (p?=?0.002/0.040). The ??(SUV_meanN) was statistically associated with OS before and after adjusting for stage with HRs for a 1 unit increase of 1.32 (p?p?=?0.015), respectively. The ??(SUV_meanM) and ??(SUV_maxM) were statistically associated with OS before adjusting for stage with HRs for a 1 unit increase of 1.26 (p?=?0.017) and 1.18 (p?=?0.007), respectively, but not after adjusting for stage (p?=?0.127 and 0.056). There was no statistically significant association between OS and ??(SUV_maxT), ln(SUV_meanWB), or ??(SUV_meanT). There was low interobserver variability among three radiologists with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) greater than 0.94 for SUV_maxWB, ln(MTV_WB), and ln(TLG_WB). Interobserver variability was higher for SUV_meanWB with an ICC of 0.806.

Conclusion

Baseline metabolic tumor burdens at the level of whole-body tumor, primary tumor, nodal metastasis, and distant metastasis as measured with MTV and TLG on FDG PET are prognostic measures independent of clinical stage with low inter-observer variability and may be used to further stratify nonsurgical patients with NSCLC. This study also suggests MTV and TLG are better prognostic measures than SUV_max and SUV_mean. These results will need to be validated in larger cohorts in a prospective study.     

Molecular subtypes of breast cancer: metabolic correlation with 18F-FDG PET/CT

Purpose

To determine whether the metabolic features of breast tumours differ among molecular subtypes.

Methods

This prospective study included 168 women diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer. PET/CT was requested in the initial staging before neoadjuvant treatment (multicentre study, FISCAM grant). All patients underwent an ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT scan with a dual time-point acquisition. Both examinations (PET-1 and PET-2) were evaluated qualitatively and semiquantitatively with calculation of SUVmax (SUV-1 and SUV-2, respectively), and the percentage variation in the SUVs and retention indexes (RI) between PET-1 and PET-2 in the breast tumour were calculated. Biological prognostic parameters, including the steroid receptor status, HER-2 expression, proliferation rate (Ki-67) and grading, were determined from primary tumour tissue. Tumour subtypes were classified following the recommendations of the 12th International Breast Conference, by immunohistochemical surrogates as luminal A, luminal B-HER2(?), luminal B-HER2(+), HER2(+) or basal. Metabolic semiquantitative parameters and molecular subtypes were correlated.

Results

Of the 168 tumours, 151 were classified: 16 were luminal A, 53 were luminal B-HER2(?), 29 were luminal B-HER2(+), 18 were HER2(+) and 35 were basal. There were significant differences between SUV-1 and SUV-2 and the different subtypes, with higher SUVs in HER2(+) and basal tumours. No significant differences were found with respect to RI.

Conclusion

Semiquantitative metabolic parameters showed statistically significant differences among the molecular subtypes of the tumours evaluated. Therefore, there seems to be a relationship between molecular and glycolytic phenotypes.     

18F-FDG PET/CT对甲状腺结节性病变的诊断价值

目的 探讨18F-FDG PET/CT显像对于甲状腺结节性病变的诊断价值.方法 回顾性分析2008年1月至2012年5月18F-FDG PET/CT检查发现甲状腺结节性病变并有病理结果的34例患者资料,其中男13例,女21例,年龄21 ～ 73(53.00± 12.57)岁.选取20名2011年1月至2011年12月在PET/CT中心进行健康体格检查而甲状腺未发现异常者作为健康对照组,其中男9名,女11名,年龄40～55(45.00±4.72)岁.应用Wilcoxon秩和检验,分别对甲状腺良性病变和恶性病变组、良性病变和对照组及恶性病变和对照组的SUVmax进行分析,比较差异并对甲状腺结节长径行ROC曲线分析(AUC≥0.70为诊断准确性中～较高).甲状腺结节出现局限性异常放射性浓聚,而CT示病灶边界不清,内部密度不均,有点状、小圆形或弧形钙化,或同时颈部出现异常放射性浓聚的肿大淋巴结,远处器官出现可疑转移瘤者,PET/CT诊断为恶性.计算PET/CT诊断甲状腺恶性结节的效能指标.结果 (1)病理结果为恶性肿瘤18例,良性病变16例.甲状腺良、恶性组和健康对照组SUVmax分别为7.59±8.69、5.75±4.48和1.38±0.57.甲状腺良、恶性组SUVmax差异无统计学意义(u=0.207,P＞0.05),但两者与健康对照组比较差异均有统计学意义(u=3.408和3.553,均P＜0.01).(2)甲状腺良、恶性组SUVmax的ROC分析,AUC为0.557 (＜0.70),诊断准确性较低.(3)18F-FDG PET/CT诊断甲状腺良、恶性结节的灵敏度、特异性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值和准确性分别为72.2％(13/18)、75.0％(12/16)、76.5％(13/17)、70.6％(12/17)和73.5％ (25/34).结论 甲状腺结节单纯依据放射性摄取情况判断良恶性价值有限,但结合同机CT上的病灶形态学特点,18F-FDG PET/CT可以初步推测其良恶性,为临床提供客观信息.     

18F-FDG PET/CT对肾脏肿瘤的诊断价值

目的 探讨18F-FDG PET/CT对肾脏肿瘤的临床诊断价值.方法 回顾性分析近5年经18 F-FDG PET/CT诊断为肾脏肿瘤且病理或临床综合诊断明确的79例患者资料,其中男52例,女27例,平均年龄(57.3±14.1)岁.PET/CT诊断根据肾脏轮廓改变、病灶密度异常及FDG摄取程度做出.计算18F-FDG PET/CT诊断肾脏肿瘤的效能指标.结果 79例中恶性肿瘤70例(包括肾细胞癌40例、肾盂癌5例,淋巴瘤8例,转移瘤16例,肾筋膜囊脂肪肉瘤1例);良性肿瘤9例(包括血管平滑肌脂肪瘤7例,肾嗜酸细胞腺瘤1例,后肾腺瘤1例;不含小脂滴样错构瘤病例).18 F-FDG PET/CT对病灶检出率达97.5％(77/79),对肾脏良恶性病灶判断的灵敏度为92.9％ (65/70),特异性为7/9,准确性为91.1％ (72/79),阳性预测值为97.0％(65/67),阴性预测值为58.3％ (7/12).结论 18 F-FDG PET/CT能够检出并判断大部分肾脏占位病变性质,对肾脏肿瘤患者进行全身检查并做出综合评价是18F-FDG PET/CT的优势之一.