FDG-PET in the prediction of pathologic response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced, resectable esophageal cancer |
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Authors: | Song Si Yeol Kim Jong Hoon Ryu Jin Sook Lee Gin Hyug Kim Sung Bae Park Seung Il Song Ho-Young Cho Kyung-Ja Ahn Seung Do Lee Sang-Wook Shin Seong Soo Choi Eun Kyung |
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Institution: | Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, South Korea. |
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Abstract: | PURPOSE: To assess the efficacy of 18Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) for predicting a pathologic response in locally advanced esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. METHODS AND MATERIALS: All enrolled patients were treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by esophagectomy and underwent two FDG-PET scans, before and after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. We compared the results of the preoperative FDG-PET scans with the pathologic results. RESULTS: From July 2001 to July 2004, 32 patients (29 men and 3 women) were enrolled in this study. Pathologic complete response (pCR) in the esophagus was achieved in 21 of 32 patients (66%). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) in the primary tumors of the preoperative FDG-PET were 27%, 95%, 75%, and 71%, respectively. In regional lymph nodes, these values were 16%, 98%, 36%, and 93%, respectively. The mean standardized uptake value (SUV) of primary tumors was initially 5.6 +/- 3.6 and changed to 1.5 +/- 1.3 after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (p < 0.05). If analysis of metabolic response (SUV decrease, DeltaSUV) was limited to initially highly metabolic primary tumors (SUV > or =4.0), pathologic response was correlated with metabolic response (p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggested that the pathologic response of an initially highly metabolic tumor after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy could be correlated with the metabolic response, and FDG-PET can provide additional information on tumor response to chemoradiotherapy. |
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