Hexokinase-2 Expression in 11C-Methionine-Positive, 18F-FDG-Negative Multiple Myeloma

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PET with 18F-FDG is the standard modality in nuclear medicine for imaging multiple myeloma (MM). However, viable MM as detected by MRI or PET with other metabolic tracers, including 11C-methionine, may be missed-for example, because of low hexokinase 2 (HK2) expression of tumor cells. The aim of this study was to further investigate potential reasons for PET false negativity. Methods: A cohort of 15 mainly pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory biopsy-proven, serologically active MM who underwent both 18F-FDG and 11C-methionine PET/CT was retrospectively analyzed. Results: In 9 of the 15 patients, 18F-FDG PET was negative in the presence of viable disease. In the remaining 6 patients, both 18F-FDG and 11C-methionine PET/CT revealed the same number of MM lesions. At immunohistochemistry, 18F-FDG-negative myeloma did not exhibit significant differences in HK2 or glucose-6-phosphatase expression from 18F-FDG-positive disease (P = 0.57 and P = 0.44, respectively). Conclusion: Beyond HK2 expression, 18F-FDG negativity in (mainly pretreated) MM patients seems to be associated with additional causes not yet known.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine - 60(2019), 3 vom: 02. März, Seite 348-352

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kircher, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Stolzenburg, Antje [VerfasserIn]
Kortüm, Klaus Martin [VerfasserIn]
Kircher, Malte [VerfasserIn]
Da Via, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Samnick, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Buck, Andreas K [VerfasserIn]
Einsele, Hermann [VerfasserIn]
Rosenwald, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Lapa, Constantin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0Z5B2CJX4D
11C-methionine
18F-FDG
AE28F7PNPL
Carbon Radioisotopes
Carbon-11
EC 2.7.1.1
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Glucose-6-phosphatase
Hexokinase
Journal Article
Methionine
Multiple myeloma
PET/CT

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Date Completed 25.10.2019

Date Revised 25.10.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2967/jnumed.118.217539

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM290231736