Alexey Surov1, Leonard Leifels2, Hans Jonas Meyer2, Karsten Winter3, Osama Sabri4, Sandra Purz4. 1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Alexey.Surov@medizin.uni-leipzig.de. 2. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. 3. Department of Statistics, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. 4. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Abstract
AIM: To analyze associations between parameters of positron-emission tomography (PET) and histogram analysis values of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Overall, 28 patients with primary HNSCC of different localizations were involved. 18F-FDG-PET/CT and DCE MR imaging were performed for all patients. Histogram analysis parameters of DCE MRI were calculated. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to analyze the associations between investigated parameters. RESULTS: In the overall cohort, SUVmax correlated with Kep P10 (ρ=0.43, p=0.027), Kep P25 (0.40, p=0.035), and had a tendency to correlate with median Kep (ρ=0.33, p=0.098). TLG tended to correlate with Kep P25 (0.33, p=0.09) and P10 Ktrans (ρ=0.35, p=0.07). In G1/2 tumors, SUVmax correlated with Kep P10 (ρ=0.645, p=0.032), and tended to correlate with Ktrans mean (ρ=0.54, p=0.089), Ktrans min (ρ=0.58, p=0.06), Ktrans P10 (ρ=0.56, p=0.07), Ktrans P25 (ρ=0.59, p=0.056), and Ktrans median (ρ=0.054, p=0.089), as well with Kep min (ρ=0.56, p=0.07). SUVmean tended to correlate with Kep kurtosis (ρ=0.56, p=0.07). In G3 tumors, no tendencies or statistically significant correlations between the PET and DCE MRI parameters were identified. CONCLUSION: Tumor metabolism and perfusion show complex associations in HNSCC. These associations depend on tumor grading. Copyright
AIM: To analyze associations between parameters of positron-emission tomography (PET) and histogram analysis values of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Overall, 28 patients with primary HNSCC of different localizations were involved. 18F-FDG-PET/CT and DCE MR imaging were performed for all patients. Histogram analysis parameters of DCE MRI were calculated. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to analyze the associations between investigated parameters. RESULTS: In the overall cohort, SUVmax correlated with Kep P10 (ρ=0.43, p=0.027), Kep P25 (0.40, p=0.035), and had a tendency to correlate with median Kep (ρ=0.33, p=0.098). TLG tended to correlate with Kep P25 (0.33, p=0.09) and P10 Ktrans (ρ=0.35, p=0.07). In G1/2 tumors, SUVmax correlated with Kep P10 (ρ=0.645, p=0.032), and tended to correlate with Ktrans mean (ρ=0.54, p=0.089), Ktrans min (ρ=0.58, p=0.06), Ktrans P10 (ρ=0.56, p=0.07), Ktrans P25 (ρ=0.59, p=0.056), and Ktrans median (ρ=0.054, p=0.089), as well with Kep min (ρ=0.56, p=0.07). SUVmean tended to correlate with Kep kurtosis (ρ=0.56, p=0.07). In G3 tumors, no tendencies or statistically significant correlations between the PET and DCE MRI parameters were identified. CONCLUSION:Tumor metabolism and perfusion show complex associations in HNSCC. These associations depend on tumor grading. Copyright
Authors: Ramesh Paudyal; Milan Grkovski; Jung Hun Oh; Heiko Schöder; David Aramburu Nunez; Vaios Hatzoglou; Joseph O Deasy; John L Humm; Nancy Y Lee; Amita Shukla-Dave Journal: Cancers (Basel) Date: 2021-08-03 Impact factor: 6.639