18F-FDG-PET/CT in laryngeal cancer : comparison with conventional imaging and prognostic role

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of staging 18 F-FDG-PET/CT in laryngeal cancer, compare these results with conventional imaging (CI) and assess the value of 18 F-FDG-PET/CT features to predict survival.

METHODS: Fifty-four patients with laryngeal squamous cell cancer and baseline 18 F-FDG-PET/CT were retrospectively enrolled. The PET images were analyzed visually and semi-quantitatively by measuring several metabolic parameters. A combination of clinical follow-up/imaging follow-up and/or histopathology was taken as reference standard. Progression free survival (PFS) and disease specific survival (DSS) were computed using Kaplan-Meier curves.

RESULTS: All primary tumors were clearly identified by CI, and 52/54 by 18 F-FDG-PET/CT with a sensitivity of 96.3%. Cervical nodal metastases were detected in 40/54 patients at 18 F-FDG-PET/CT and in 34/49 patients at CI. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy on a patient-based analysis for nodal disease were 100%, 85.7%, 94.6%, 100% and 95.9% at 18 F-FDG-PET/CT, and 91.4%, 85.7%, 94.1%, 80%, 89.8% at CI. Diagnostic performances of PET/CT and CI were not significantly different on a patient-based, side-by-side and level-by-level analysis. 18 F-FDG-PET/CT recognized distant metastases in 7 patients allowing to an upstaging. At a median follow-up of 27 months, relapse/progression of disease occurred in 31 patients and death occurred in 32. Metabolic tumor volume (MTV T), MTV total and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) showed to be independent prognostic factors for PFS.

CONCLUSIONS: Both CI and PET/CT had good diagnostic performances for the staging of laryngeal cancer; baseline metabolic features (MTV and TLG) showed an important prognostic value in assessing the rate of PFS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular - 40(2021), 4 vom: 05. Juli, Seite 229-238

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Albano, Domenico [VerfasserIn]
Dondi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Paderno, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Nocivelli, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Maddalo, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Magrini, Stefano Maria [VerfasserIn]
Nicolai, Piero [VerfasserIn]
Maroldi, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Giubbini, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]
Bertagna, Francesco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0Z5B2CJX4D
18F-FDG
Cancer de laringe
Comparacion
Comparative Study
Comparison
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Journal Article
Laryngeal cancer
PET/CT
Prognosis
Pronostico
Radiopharmaceuticals

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Date Completed 22.11.2021

Date Revised 22.11.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.remnie.2020.06.013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327655402