| Literature DB >> 28585147 |
Hong Chai1, Hu Zhang2, Yong-Li Yu1, Yun-Chao Gao3.
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This study was to explore the optimal threshold of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)-stimulated serum thyroglobulin (s-Tg) for patients who were to receive 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT scan owing to clinical suspicion of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) recurrence but negative post-therapeutic 131I whole-body scan (131I-WBS). A total of 60 qualified patients underwent PET/CT scanning from October 2010 to July 2014. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses showed that s-Tg levels over 49 μg/L led to the highest diagnostic accuracy of PET/CT to detect recurrence, with a sensitivity of 89.5% and a specificity of 90.9%. Besides, bivariate correlation analysis showed positive correlation between s-Tg levels and the maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax) of 18F-FDG in patients with positive PET/CT scanning, suggesting a significant influence of TSH both on Tg release and uptake of 18F-FDG. So, positive PET/CT imaging is expected when patients have negative 131I-WBS but s-Tg levels over 49 μg/L.Entities:
Keywords: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG); differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC); positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT); post-therapeutic 131I whole-body scan (131I-WBS); serum thyroglobulin (Tg); thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28585147 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-017-1752-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci ISSN: 1672-0733