Diagnostic effectiveness of [18F]Fluoroestradiol PET/CT in oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer : the key role of histopathology. Evidence from an international multicentre prospective study

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INTRODUCTION: [18F]Fluoroestradiol ([18F]FES) PET/CT has been proposed as a tool for detecting the oestrogen receptor density in patients with metastatic breast cancer (BC) non-invasively across all disease localizations. However, its diagnostic potential in terms of the detection rate (DR) of metastases is unclear. In this study, we pitted this method against [18F]FDG PET/CT and tried to identify predictors of the diagnostic superiority of the [18F] FES-based method.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: From a multicentre database, we enrolled all patients with metastatic BC who had undergone both [18F]FES PET/CT and [18F]FDG PET/CT. Two readers assessed both images independently and used a patient-based (PBA) and lesion-based analysis (LBA) to calculate the DR. Pathology-related and clinical factors were tested as predictors of [18F]FES PET/CT superiority using a multivariate model.

RESULTS: 92 patients, bearing a total of 2678 metastases, were enrolled. On PBA, the DR of [18F]FDG and [18F]FES PET/CT was 97% and 86%, respectively (p = 0.018). On LBA, the [18F]FES method proved more sensitive than [18F]FDG PET/CT in lymph nodes, bone, lung and soft tissue (p < 0.01). This greater sensitivity was associated with lobular histology, both on PBA (Odds Ratio (OR) 3.4, 95%CI 1.0-12.3) and on LBA (OR 4.4, 95%CI 1.2-16.1 for lymph node metastases and OR 3.29, 95%CI 1.1-10.2 for bone localizations).

CONCLUSIONS: The overall DR of [18F]FES PET/CT appears to be lower than that of [18F]FDG PET/CT on PBA. However, the [18F]FES method, if positive, can identify more lesions than [18F]FDG at most sites. The higher sensitivity of [18F]FES PET/CT was associated with lobular histology.

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CommentOn: Mol Imaging Biol. 2014 Jun;16(3):431-40. - PMID 24170452

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

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European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging - 50(2023), 8 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 2477-2485

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bottoni, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Fiz, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Puntoni, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Matteucci, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Monti, Manuela [VerfasserIn]
DeCensi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Nanni, Oriana [VerfasserIn]
Brain, Etienne [VerfasserIn]
Alberini, Jean Louis [VerfasserIn]
Dib, Bassam [VerfasserIn]
Sacchetti, Gianmauro [VerfasserIn]
Trimboli, Pierpaolo [VerfasserIn]
Treglia, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Harbeck, Nadia [VerfasserIn]
Sola, Simona [VerfasserIn]
Gennari, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Piccardo, Arnoldo [VerfasserIn]

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Breast cancer
Comment
Estradiol
Estrogen receptor
FDG
FES
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Journal Article
Lobular histology
Multicenter Study
Nuclear medicine
PET
Receptors, Estrogen

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Date Completed 12.06.2023

Date Revised 01.01.2024

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CommentOn: Mol Imaging Biol. 2014 Jun;16(3):431-40. - PMID 24170452

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1007/s00259-023-06173-9

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NLM353848832