Catalin-Florin Pop1, Isabelle Veys1, Maria Gomez Galdon2, Michel Moreau3, Denis Larsimont2, Vincent Donckier1, Pierre Bourgeois4, Gabriel Liberale1. 1. Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. 2. Department of Pathology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. 3. Department of Data Centre and Statistics, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. 4. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging (FI) for the ex vivo detection of metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) in advanced stage ovarian cancer (AOC). METHODS: Paraffin-embedded LNs from patients included in a previous ICG-FI study (Protocol NCT01834469) were further assessed for fluorescence. Intravenous injection of ICG was delivered intraoperatively. Tumor-to-background ratios (TBRs) were calculated. RESULTS: A total of 675 LNs from 19 patients were analyzed. The mean LN number per patient was 29.3 (median: 24; range 2-77). Seventy-three LNs were malignant (10.8%), 602 were benign (89.2%). The mean TBR of all LNs was 1.5 (SD 0.8). With a cut-off TBR of 1.3, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive, and negative predictive values of ICG-FI for retroperitoneal LNs were 80%, 41%, 2.8%, and 99%, respectively. On univariate analysis, only the fluorescence ratio (TBR ≥ 1.3) was correlated with malignancy at pathology (P = 0.03). No predictive factors of pathological LN status were found on multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS: Ex vivo ICG-FI of retroperitoneal LNs in AOC had good sensitivity but poor specificity. However, its high negative predictive value could make it an appropriate complementary tool to focus pathological analysis on fluorescent LNs.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging (FI) for the ex vivo detection of metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) in advanced stage ovarian cancer (AOC). METHODS:Paraffin-embedded LNs from patients included in a previous ICG-FI study (Protocol NCT01834469) were further assessed for fluorescence. Intravenous injection of ICG was delivered intraoperatively. Tumor-to-background ratios (TBRs) were calculated. RESULTS: A total of 675 LNs from 19 patients were analyzed. The mean LN number per patient was 29.3 (median: 24; range 2-77). Seventy-three LNs were malignant (10.8%), 602 were benign (89.2%). The mean TBR of all LNs was 1.5 (SD 0.8). With a cut-off TBR of 1.3, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive, and negative predictive values of ICG-FI for retroperitoneal LNs were 80%, 41%, 2.8%, and 99%, respectively. On univariate analysis, only the fluorescence ratio (TBR ≥ 1.3) was correlated with malignancy at pathology (P = 0.03). No predictive factors of pathological LN status were found on multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS: Ex vivo ICG-FI of retroperitoneal LNs in AOC had good sensitivity but poor specificity. However, its high negative predictive value could make it an appropriate complementary tool to focus pathological analysis on fluorescent LNs.
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