Wei Huang1, Bo Liu2, Min Fan2, Tao Zhou3, Zheng Fu4, Zicheng Zhang3, Hongsheng Li3, Baosheng Li5. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology (Chest Section), Shandong's Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, 440 Jiyan Road, Jinan 250117, PR China. Electronic address: weihuang@mcw.com. 2. Department of Internal Medicine Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, PR China. 3. Department of Radiation Oncology (Chest Section), Shandong's Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, 440 Jiyan Road, Jinan 250117, PR China. 4. PET/CT center, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, PR China. 5. Department of Radiation Oncology (Chest Section), Shandong's Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, 440 Jiyan Road, Jinan 250117, PR China. Electronic address: alvinbird@163.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate the value of [(18)F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F FDG PET/CT) to predict recurrence of patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) during the early stage of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). METHODS: A total of 53 stage III NSCLC patients without diabetics or undergoing surgery were enrolled in the prospective study. Those patients were evaluated by FDG PET before and following 40Gy radiotherapy (RT) with a concurrent cisplatin-based heterogeneous chemotherapy regimen. Semiquantitative assessment was used to determine maximum and mean SUVs (SUVmax/SUVmean) and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) of the primary tumor. The prognostic significance of PET/CT parameters and other clinical variables was assessed using Cox regression analyses. The cutoffs of PET/CT parameters which have been determined by the previous study were used to separate the groups with Kaplan-Meier curves. RESULTS: Recurrence rates at 1- and 2-years were 18.9% (10/53) and 50.9% (27/53) for all patients, respectively. Cox regression analysis showed that the only prognostic factor for recurrence was a decrease of MTV. Using the cutoff of 29.7%, a decrease of MTV can separate the patients into 2 groups with Kaplan-Meier curve successfully. CONCLUSION: The prospective study has reinforced the early predictive value of MTV in repeated (18)F-FDG PET/CT for recurrence in a subgroup of locally advanced NSCLC who underwent CCRT. A decrease of MTV in (18)F-FDG uptake by the primary tumor correlates with higher LRFS.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate the value of [(18)F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F FDG PET/CT) to predict recurrence of patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) during the early stage of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). METHODS: A total of 53 stage III NSCLCpatients without diabetics or undergoing surgery were enrolled in the prospective study. Those patients were evaluated by FDG PET before and following 40Gy radiotherapy (RT) with a concurrent cisplatin-based heterogeneous chemotherapy regimen. Semiquantitative assessment was used to determine maximum and mean SUVs (SUVmax/SUVmean) and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) of the primary tumor. The prognostic significance of PET/CT parameters and other clinical variables was assessed using Cox regression analyses. The cutoffs of PET/CT parameters which have been determined by the previous study were used to separate the groups with Kaplan-Meier curves. RESULTS: Recurrence rates at 1- and 2-years were 18.9% (10/53) and 50.9% (27/53) for all patients, respectively. Cox regression analysis showed that the only prognostic factor for recurrence was a decrease of MTV. Using the cutoff of 29.7%, a decrease of MTV can separate the patients into 2 groups with Kaplan-Meier curve successfully. CONCLUSION: The prospective study has reinforced the early predictive value of MTV in repeated (18)F-FDG PET/CT for recurrence in a subgroup of locally advanced NSCLC who underwent CCRT. A decrease of MTV in (18)F-FDG uptake by the primary tumor correlates with higher LRFS.
Authors: Lukas Käsmann; Maximilian Niyazi; Oliver Blanck; Christian Baues; René Baumann; Sophie Dobiasch; Chukwuka Eze; Daniel Fleischmann; Tobias Gauer; Frank A Giordano; Yvonne Goy; Jan Hausmann; Christoph Henkenberens; David Kaul; Lisa Klook; David Krug; Matthias Mäurer; Cédric M Panje; Johannes Rosenbrock; Lisa Sautter; Daniela Schmitt; Christoph Süß; Alexander H Thieme; Maike Trommer-Nestler; Sonia Ziegler; Nadja Ebert; Daniel Medenwald; Christian Ostheimer Journal: Strahlenther Onkol Date: 2017-10-13 Impact factor: 3.621