Assessment of bone health in patients with prostate cancer using cancer staging computed tomography

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the utility of vertebral Hounsfield unit (HU) values from computed tomography (CT) in cancer staging as a supplementary screening tool for bone health among prostate cancer (PCa) patients.

METHODS: T-scores of bone mineral density (BMD) in each lumbar vertebra (L1-L4) and hip for newly diagnosed PCa patients (N = 139) were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The degenerative changes in each lumbar vertebra were assessed, and the HU values of trabecular bone in axial CT images of each vertebral body (vertebral CT-HU value) were measured using staging CT.

RESULTS: 556 vertebrae were analyzed. 326 of 556 (59%) lumbar vertebrae had degenerative changes. The vertebral CT-HU value was positively correlated with the lumbar BMD T-score, with higher correlation coefficients observed in vertebrae without degenerative changes (r = 0.655, N = 230) when compared to vertebrae with degenerative changes (r = 0.575, N = 326). The thresholds matching BMD T-scores of - 2.0 and - 1.5 set by cancer treatment-induced bone loss guidelines were 95 HU and 105 HU, respectively. Based on the intervention threshold (lumbar BMD T-score <  - 1.5), 15.1% of PCa patients required osteoporosis treatment; and, this value increased to 30.9% when L1-L4 CT-HU thresholds that corresponded to BMD T-score <  - 1.5 were used.

CONCLUSION: Lumbar BMD values from DXA may not reflect true bone health in PCa patients who often have lumbar degenerative diseases. Thresholds based on the vertebral CT-HU value can be used as a supplementary method to identify PCa patients who need anti-osteoporosis drugs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Journal of bone and mineral metabolism - 40(2022), 4 vom: 11. Juli, Seite 648-656

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sato, Mototaka [VerfasserIn]
Kashii, Masafumi [VerfasserIn]
Matsukawa, Atsuki [VerfasserIn]
Mizuno, Ryoya [VerfasserIn]
Akiyama, Mai [VerfasserIn]
Kamatani, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Kamido, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Ueda, Norichika [VerfasserIn]
Nakayama, Jiro [VerfasserIn]
Tei, Norihide [VerfasserIn]
Yoshikawa, Hideki [VerfasserIn]
Miyake, Osamu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bone mineral density
CT Hounsfield unit value
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
Journal Article
Lumbar degenerative disease
Prostate cancer

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Date Completed 07.07.2022

Date Revised 14.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00774-022-01328-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340745398