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Güzel Y, Kömek H, Can C, Kaplan İ, Kepenek F, Ebinç S, Büyükdeniz MP, Gündoğan C, Oruç Z. Comparison of the role of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography and 68 Ga-labeled FAP inhibitor-04 PET/CT in patients with malignant mesothelioma. Nucl Med Commun 2023; 44:631-639. [PMID: 37114422 DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to compare the role of 68 Ga-labeled FAP inhibitor ( 68 Ga-FAPI)-04 PET/computed tomography (CT) and 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) PET/CT in the evaluation of primary tumor and metastases in patients diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Our prospective study included 21 patients with histopathological diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma who underwent both 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT and 18 F-FDG PET/CT imaging between April 2022 and September 2022. Maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), metabolic tumor volume, total lesion glycolysis, tumor-to-background ratio (TBR) and highest SUVpeak (HPeak) values and lesion numbers were calculated from primary and metastatic lesions on FDG and FAPI PET/CT images. Findings obtained from FAPI and FDG PET/CT were compared. RESULTS More lesions were detected in 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT compared to 18 F-FDG PET/CT in primary tumor and lymph node metastases. Statistically significantly higher SUVmax and TBR values were found with FAPI PET/CT (primary lesion SUVmax and TBR, P = 0.001 and P < 0.001, respectively; lymph node SUVmax and TBR, P = 0.016 and P = 0.005, respectively). With FAPI PET/CT, upstage was observed according to tumor-node-metastasis staging in a total of seven patients including three patients with pleural origin, three patients with peritoneal origin and one patient with pericardial origin. CONCLUSION In addition to the stage change with 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT in malignant mesothelioma patients, a statistically significant superiority was observed in SUVmax, TBR and volumetric parameters in primary tumors and metastases.
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- Yunus Güzel
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Saglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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Wang Y, Xu Y, Kan Y, Wang W, Yang J. Prognostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in malignant pleural mesothelioma: a meta-analysis. Acta Radiol 2023; 64:552-562. [PMID: 35315714 DOI: 10.1177/02841851221085378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several FDG PET/CT parameters have been utilized to evaluate the prognosis in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). However, there are still controversial results due to the low incidence of MPM. PURPOSE To assess the prognostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in MPM. MATERIAL AND METHODS A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed, Embase, Medline, and The Cochrane Library to identify eligible studies from inception to 12 February 2020. The pooled hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of several variables, such as maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), the reduction of SUVmax after treatment (ΔSUVmax), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), total lesion glycolysis (TLG), and the reduction of TLG after treatment (ΔTLG), were calculated. Meta-regression with subsequent subgroup analyses were conducted to determine the heterogeneity of cutoff values, treatment regimen, study design, uptake time, and scanners across various studies. RESULTS In total, 19 eligible studies including 1819 patients were enrolled in the meta-analysis. The univariate analysis showed that the pooled HRs (95% CI) of SUVmax, ΔSUVmax, MTV, TLG, and ΔTLG were 1.29 (1.16-1.42), 1.12 (1.05-1.19), 1.15 (1.00-1.33), 1.47 (1.23-1.76), and 1.27 (1.12-1.45), respectively. The multivariate analysis showed that the pooled HRs (95% CI) of SUVmax, ΔSUVmax, MTV, and TLG for overall survival (OS) were 1.20 (1.08-1.33), 1.10 (1.02-1.19), 0.95 (0.81-1.11), and 1.13 (1.08-1.18), respectively. CONCLUSION SUVmax, ΔSUVmax, TLG, and ΔTLG are significant prognostic indicators for OS, while more clinical studies are needed to confirm the prognostic value of MTV in MPM.
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- Yu Wang
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, 26455Beijing Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, 26455Beijing Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, 26455Beijing Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, 26455Beijing Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, 26455Beijing Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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Söyler Y, Özmen Ö, Kabalak PA, Ertürk H, Uğurman F, Yılmaz Ü. The efficacy of 18F-FDG PET/CT in monitoring disease progression in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2023; 42:3-9. [PMID: 36152987 DOI: 10.1016/j.remnie.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE In the event of suspicion of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) progression, imaging plays an important role. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of 18F-FDG PET/CT in monitoring disease progression by comparing it with CT, and estimate median overall survival (OS) according to progression status with CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was an observational, retrospective, single-institution study with MPM patients who had both 18F-FDG PET/CT and CT for monitoring disease progression from March 2009 to February 2020. Clinical features, radiological findings, and progression status according to CT [radiologic progression negative (RPN), radiologic progression positive (RPP)] and 18F-FDG PET/CT [metabolic progression negative (MPN), metabolic progression positive (MPP)] were recorded. The discrepancies and concordance between two methods were evaluated. The OS was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS A total of 56 patients were included. There were thirty-one (55.3%) RPN and 25 (44.7%) RPP, while there were 26 (46.5%) MPN and 30 (53.5%) MPP. All RPP patients were also found to be MPP, however, among RPN, 5 patients (8.9% of all patients) were evaluated as MPP. The concordance between two methods in monitoring disease progression was very good (K = 0.423; p < 0.01). The OS was 26 ± 2.6 months in all patients. Kaplan-Meier curves between RPN and RPP, and between MPN and MPP did not show statistically significant differences (p = 0.56 and p = 0.25, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Both methods are equally acceptable in monitoring disease progression in MPM, even though 18F-FDG PET/CT detected more progression than CT did.
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- Yasemin Söyler
- Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara Kecioren Sanatorium Ataturk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ankara Kecioren Sanatorium Ataturk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara Kecioren Sanatorium Ataturk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Radiology, Ankara Kecioren Sanatorium Ataturk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara Kecioren Sanatorium Ataturk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara Kecioren Sanatorium Ataturk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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Söyler Y, Özmen Ö, Kabalak P, Ertürk H, Uğurman F, Yılmaz Ü. La eficacia de [18F]FDG PET/TC en el seguimiento de la progresión de la enfermedad en el mesotelioma pleural maligno. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2022.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lopci E, Castello A, Mansi L. FDG PET/CT for Staging and Restaging Malignant Mesothelioma. Semin Nucl Med 2022; 52:806-815. [PMID: 35965111 DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2022.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive tumor originating from the mesothelial cells and presenting in general with a very poor prognosis. The pleural localization represents the prevailing disease site, while peritoneal involvement is commonly rare. The WHO classifies mesotheliomas into epithelioid, biphasic, and sarcomatoid histotypes, having diverse outcome with the sarcomatoid or biphasic forms showing the poorest prognosis. Given the peculiar rind-like pattern of growth, mesothelioma assessment is rather challenging for medical imagers. Conventional imaging is principally based on contrast-enhanced CT, while the role of functional and metabolic imaging is regarded as complementary. By focusing essentially on the staging and restaging role of [18F]FDG PET/CT in malignant mesotheliomas, the present review will summarize the available data present in literature and provide some hints on alternative imaging and future perspectives. Given the prevailing incidence of pleural disease, the majority of the information will be addressed on malignant pleural mesothelioma, although a summary of principal characteristics and imaging findings in patients with peritoneal mesothelioma will be also provided.
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- Egesta Lopci
- Nuclear Medicine Unit, IRCCS - Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy
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- Interuniversity Research Center for the Sustainable Development (CIRPS), Rome, Italy
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Sandach P, Seifert R, Fendler WP, Hautzel H, Herrmann K, Maier S, Plönes T, Metzenmacher M, Ferdinandus J. A Role for PET/CT in response assessment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Semin Nucl Med 2022; 52:816-823. [PMID: 35624033 DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2022.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer, whose incidence, however, is increasing and will presumably continue to rise in the coming years. Key features of this disease comprise its mantle-shaped, pleura-associated, often multifocal growth, which cause diagnostic challenges. A growing number of mesotheliomas are being treated with novel immunotherapies for which no image derived general response criteria have been established. However, recent studies indicate that FDG-PET/CT could be superior for response assessment compared to CT-based criteria. This article aims at providing an overview of response assessment criteria dedicated to malignant pleural mesothelioma, such as mRECIST, iRECIST, and PERCIST. In addition, the potential future role of PET/CT in the management of malignant pleural mesothelioma will also be discussed.
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- Patrick Sandach
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostical and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West German Cancer Center, University Medicine Essen Ruhrlandklinik, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, West German Cancer Center (WTZ), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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PET imaging of lung and pleural cancer. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-822960-6.00206-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The Prognostic Value of 18F-FDG PET Imaging at Staging in Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Literature Review. J Clin Med 2021; 11:jcm11010033. [PMID: 35011772 PMCID: PMC8745748 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11010033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive malignancy, frequently diagnosed at locally-advanced/metastatic stages. Due to a very poor prognosis and limited treatment options, the need to identify new prognostic markers represents a great clinical challenge. The prognostic role of metabolic information derived from Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with 18F-Fluoro-deoxy-glucose (18F-FDG) has been investigated in different MPM settings, however with no definitive consensus. In this comprehensive review, the prognostic value of FDG-PET imaging exclusively performed at staging in MPM patients was evaluated, conducting a literature search on PubMed/MEDLINE from 2010 to 2020. From the 19 selected studies, despite heterogeneity in several aspects, staging FDG-PET imaging emerges as a valuable prognostic biomarker, with higher tumor uptake predictive of worse prognosis, and with volumetric metabolic parameters like Metabolic Tumor Volume, (MTV) and Total Lesion Glycolisis (TLG) performing better than SUVmax. However, PET uptake parameters were not always confirmed as independent prognostic factors, especially in patients previously treated with pleurodesis and with a non-epithelioid histotype. Future prospective studies in larger and clinically homogeneous populations, and using more standardized methods of PET images analysis, are needed to further validate the value of staging FDG-PET in the prognostic MPM stratification, with a potential impact on better patient-tailored treatment planning, in the perspective of personalized medicine.
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Tsakok M, Hallifax R. Updates in Pleural Imaging. Clin Chest Med 2021; 42:577-590. [PMID: 34774166 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2021.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Maria Tsakok
- Department of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK.
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Soltermann A, Opitz I, Burger IA. Histology of the pleural rind at [ 18F]FDG PET/CT hot and cold spots in mesothelioma patients after talc pleurodesis and neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Pathol Res Pract 2021; 228:153660. [PMID: 34749212 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2021.153660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The role of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ([18F]FDG PET/CT) in evaluating induction chemotherapy in pleural mesothelioma (PM) patients is debated. We compared histology at tumor sites with high versus low [18F]FDG uptake in order to define a morphologic correlate for persistent metabolic activity. Twenty PM patients with talc pleurodesis and induction chemotherapy followed by extrapleural pleuro-pneumonectomy (EPP, n = 17) or tumor debulking (n = 3) were included. All patients received a PET/CT scan prior to surgery. Orthogonal tissue sections of pleural rind (n total=86) were taken at areas of maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax, n = 53) and of low [18F]FDG uptake (n = 33) and scored on hematoxylin-eosin and immunohistochemical stainings. Total metabolic activity was scored semiquantitatively. Mean SUVmax of hot and cold spots correlated with total metabolic activity per patient, but no correlation was found with ypT and tumor cells were present in both hot and cold areas. SUVmax of only hot spots and cold versus hot spots as well as cold versus hot patients correlated with increased thickness of total pleural rind and fibrosis reaction, but not thickness of vital tumor cells or giant cell reaction. They further correlated with increased expression of glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) in giant cells but not mesothelioma amount, density, vitality or vascularization. Biphasic histology was associated with SUVmax in only hot spots and higher total metabolic activity (all p-values <0.05). Interpretation of [18F]FDG PET/CT in PM patients is difficult after talc pleurodesis and induction chemotherapy. High glucose turnover is mostly related to fibro-inflammatory remodeling of the pleural rind and GLUT1 transporter expression in giant cells. Response assessment using this technology should only be done to assess extra-thoracic lesions.
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- Alex Soltermann
- ADMED Pathology, Avenue de Bellevaux 4a, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; Division of Nuclear Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Baden, 5404 Baden, Switzerland
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Özmen Ö, Tatci E, Demiröz ŞM, Tazeler Z, Demirağ F. Is 18F-FDG PET/CT capable of differential diagnosis from tuberculous pleurisy from malignant mesothelioma? Nucl Med Commun 2021; 42:672-677. [PMID: 33625184 DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/computerized tomography (CT) is a valuable method in the diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). But, some infections, particularly tuberculosis, are known to mimic cancer. We aimed to compare the FDG PET/CT findings of tuberculosis pleurisy (TP) and malignant mesothelioma and evaluate its role of differential diagnosis. MATERIAL AND METHOD We retrospectively reviewed the data from 85 patients (45 patients with MPM and 40 patients with TP) who underwent FDG PET/CT. All images were reevaluated and pleural thickening, maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax), lymphatic uptake and accompanying parenchymal findings were noted. RESULTS There was no significant difference in age and sex between the two groups. Pleural thickening was more prominent in the MPM group. Mean pleural thickness was 21.4 ± 18.6 mm in the MPM group and 6.8 ± 3.5 mm in the TP group (P = 0.0). Besides pleural pathology, lymph nodes involvement in the thoracic (P = 0.0) and extrathoracic area (P = 0.34) and parenchymal findings were prominent in the TP group (P = 0.0). However, there was no significant difference in pleural SUVmax values between the two groups (P = 0.61). CONCLUSION Intense pleural FDG uptake can be observed in TP like malignant mesothelioma. For the evaluation of the pleural pathologies in the tuberculosis endemic countries, it should be considered that FDG PET/CT may have false-positive results. Evaluation of increased pleural FDG uptake together with the detected parenchymal findings and lymphatic involvement may help us to make more accurate interpretation of the diagnosis.
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- Pathology, University of Health Sciences Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Lopci E, Kobe C, Gnanasegaran G, Adam JA, de Geus-Oei LF. "PET/CT Variants and Pitfalls in Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma". Semin Nucl Med 2021; 51:458-473. [PMID: 33993985 DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2021.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose [18F]FDG-PET/CT represents the metabolic imaging of choice in various cancer types. Used either at diagnosis or during treatment response assessment, the modality allows for a more accurate definition of tumor extent compared to morphological imaging and is able to predict the therapeutic benefit earlier in time. Due to the aspecific uptake property of [18F]FDG there is an overlap of its distribution in normal and pathological conditions, which can make the interpretation of the imaging challenging. Lung and pleural neoplasia are no exception to this, thus acknowledging of possible pitfalls and artifacts are mandatory for image interpretation. While most pitfalls and artifacts are common for all indications with metabolic imaging with [18F]FDG-PET/CT, there are specific variants and pitfalls in lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma. The aim of the present article is to shed light on the most frequent and relevant variants and pitfalls in [18F]FDG-PET/CT imaging in lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma.
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- Egesta Lopci
- Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS - Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano MI, Italy.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, AMS, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Biomedical Photonic Imaging Group, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
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Gerke O, Ehlers K, Motschall E, Høilund-Carlsen PF, Vach W. PET/CT-Based Response Evaluation in Cancer-a Systematic Review of Design Issues. Mol Imaging Biol 2021; 22:33-46. [PMID: 31016638 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-019-01351-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Positron emission tomography/x-ray computed tomography (PET/CT) has long been discussed as a promising modality for response evaluation in cancer. When designing respective clinical trials, several design issues have to be addressed, especially the number/timing of PET/CT scans, the approach for quantifying metabolic activity, and the final translation of measurements into a rule. It is unclear how well these issues have been tackled in quest of an optimised use of PET/CT in response evaluation. Medline via Ovid and Science Citation Index via Web of Science were systematically searched for articles from 2015 on cancer patients scanned with PET/CT before and during/after treatment. Reports were categorised as being either developmental or evaluative, i.e. focusing on either the establishment or the evaluation of a rule discriminating responders from non-responders. Of 124 included papers, 112 (90 %) were accuracy and/or prognostic studies; the remainder were response-curve studies. No randomised controlled trials were found. Most studies were prospective (62 %) and from single centres (85 %); median number of patients was 38.5 (range 5-354). Most (69 %) of the studies employed only one post-baseline scan. Quantification was mainly based on SUVmax (91 %), while change over time was most frequently used to combine measurements into a rule (79 %). Half of the reports were categorised as developmental, the other half evaluative. Most development studies assessed only one element (35/62, 56 %), most frequently the choice of cut-off points (25/62, 40 %). In summary, the majority of studies did not address the essential open issues in establishing PET/CT for response evaluation. Reasonably sized multicentre studies are needed to systematically compare the many different options when using PET/CT for response evaluation.
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- Oke Gerke
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. .,Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Hearon BF, Redelman KN, Elhomsy GC, Moore DF. Exceptional Regression of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma with Pembrolizumab Monotherapy. Case Rep Oncol 2021; 13:1483-1489. [PMID: 33442373 PMCID: PMC7772860 DOI: 10.1159/000512013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The lead author with clinical stage I malignant pleural mesothelioma, epithelioid type, highly programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) positive, and BAP1 negative, experienced a prompt and exceptionally favorable response to pembrolizumab monotherapy. After cessation of treatment due to immune-related endocrinopathies, complete metabolic response on interim PET/CT scan was achieved. Two years after initial diagnosis, unifocal tumor reactivation was addressed with successful pembrolizumab monotherapy rechallenge. Immunotherapy, typically not used as frontline treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma, may provide an effective and durable response for some patients. Based on this single case study, epithelioid type tumors with strongly positive PD-L1 and BAP1-negative immunohistochemical markers may be well suited for treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab.
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- Bernard F Hearon
- Department of Orthopaedics, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, USA
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- Endocrine Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, USA
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- Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, USA
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Predicting tumor response and outcome of second-look surgery with 18F-FDG PET/CT: insights from the GINECO CHIVA phase II trial of neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus nintedanib in stage IIIc-IV FIGO ovarian cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2020; 48:1998-2008. [PMID: 33221969 PMCID: PMC8113167 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-020-05092-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Background This ancillary study aimed to evaluate 18F-FDG PET parameter changes after one cycle of treatment compared to baseline in patients receiving first-line neoadjuvant anti-angiogenic nintedanib combined to paclitaxel-carboplatin chemotherapy or chemotherapy plus placebo and to evaluate the ability of 18F-FDG PET parameters to predict progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and success of second-look surgery. Materials and methods Central review was performed by two readers blinded to the received treatment and to the patients’ outcome, in consensus, by computing percentage change in PET metrics within a volume of interest encompassing the entire tumor burden. EORTC and PERCIST criteria were applied to classify patients as responders (partial metabolic response and complete metabolic response) or non-responders (stable metabolic disease and progressive metabolic disease). Also analyzed was the percentage change in metabolic active tumor volume (MATV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG). Results Twenty-four patients were included in this ancillary study: 10 received chemotherapy + placebo and 14 chemotherapy + nintedanib. PERCIST and EORTC criteria showed similar discriminative power in predicting PSF and OS. Variation in MATV/TLG did not predict PFS or OS, and no optimal threshold could be found for MATV/TLG for predicting survival. Complete cytoreductive surgery (no residual disease versus residual disease < 0.25 cm/0.25–2.5 cm/> 2.5 cm) was more frequent in responders versus non-responders (P = 0.002 for PERCIST and P = 0.02 for EORTC criteria). No correlation was observed between the variation of PET data and the variation of CA-125 blood level between baseline sample and that performed contemporary to the interim PET, but a statistically significant correlation was observed between ΔSULpeak and ΔCA-125 between baseline sample and that performed after the second cycle. Conclusion 18F-FDG PET using EORTC or PERCIST criteria appeared to be a useful tool in ovarian cancer trials to analyze early tumor response, and predict second-look surgery outcome and survival. An advantage of PERCIST is the correlation of ΔSULpeak and ΔCA-125, PET response preceding tumor markers response by 1 month. Neither MATV nor TLG was useful in predicting survival. Trial registration NCT01583322 ARCAGY/ GINECO GROUP GINECO-OV119, 24 April 2012 Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00259-020-05092-3.
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Ferdinandus J, Barbato F, Chodyla M, Fendler WP, Kessler L, Pomykala KL, Metzenmacher M, Krefting F, Hager T, Umutlu L, Herrmann K, Christoph DC. Volumetric PET Response Assessment Outperforms Conventional Criteria in Patients Receiving High-Dose Pembrolizumab for Malignant Mesothelioma. J Nucl Med 2020; 62:191-194. [PMID: 32532926 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.120.245803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Fixed-dose pembrolizumab (200 mg absolute, day 1, every 3 wk) for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma did not result in survival benefit in the phase 3 PROMISE-meso trial compared with second-line chemotherapy. Because of lack of validated imaging response criteria, responder subgroups with potential survival benefit have not yet been identified. Here, we administered high-dose pembrolizumab (10 mg/kg, day 1, every 2 wk) considering the KEYNOTE-028 trial and assessed the prognostic value of PET metabolic response in patients with chemotherapy-resistant malignant mesothelioma of the pleura or peritoneum. Methods: Data from 27 patients with baseline and follow-up 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging were retrospectively analyzed. RECIST, version 1.1; modified RECIST; and PERCIST using both tumor lesion metabolic activity in a 1 cm3 spheric region of interest of up to 5 target lesions (PERCISTSULpeak) and metabolic tumor volume PERCIST (PERCISTMTV) were applied separately to categorize responders in CT and PET imaging studies. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were compared between responders and nonresponders using Kaplan-Meier and log-rank analyses. Programmed cell death protein 1 ligand expression status was assessed, and its association with outcome was investigated. Results: Twenty-seven patients had 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging at baseline and after at least 4 cycles pembrolizumab. Median PFS and OS were 3.4 and 15.1 mo, respectively. Response rates were 7%, 7%, 30%, and 30% based on RECIST, modified RECIST, PERCISTSULpeak, and PERCISTMTV response criteria, respectively. Response according to PERCISTMTV predicted prolonged OS or PFS (P < 0.01), whereas all other imaging criteria and programmed cell death protein 1 ligand expression did not. Conclusion: 18F-FDG PET metabolic volume response predicts survival in patients with malignant mesothelioma receiving high-dose pembrolizumab. These results should prompt inclusion of PET response assessment in future phase 3 clinical trials.
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- Justin Ferdinandus
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, and German Cancer Consortium-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, and German Cancer Consortium-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, and German Cancer Consortium-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, and German Cancer Consortium-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, and German Cancer Consortium-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.,Department of Radiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; and
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, and German Cancer Consortium-University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Kitajima K, Maruyama M, Minami T, Yokoi T, Kuribayashi K, Kijima T, Hashimoto M, Hasegawa S, Yamakado K. Comparison of modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer criteria, and PET Response Criteria in Solid Tumors for evaluation of tumor response to chemotherapy and prognosis prediction in patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma. Nucl Med Commun 2020; 41:790-799. [PMID: 32516245 DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare modified RECIST (mRECIST), EORTC criteria, and PERCIST for response evaluation and prognosis prediction in advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) patients treated with chemotherapy. METHODS Patients with MPM and not curative surgery candidates (n = 75) underwent standard chemotherapy with cisplatin and pemetrexed. CT and [F]fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scans were performed at baseline and after three chemotherapy cycles. Chemotherapeutic response was evaluated according to mRECIST, EORTC, and PERCIST, then concordance among those was assessed using Cohen's κ coefficient. PFS and OS were examined using log-rank and Cox methods. RESULTS With EORTC, 27 patients had PMD, 23 SMD, 17 PMR, and eight CMR, while with PERCIST those were 28, 22, 11, and 14, respectively. Using mRECIST, 28 had PD, 29 SD, 18 PR, and 0 CR. Although there was high concordance between EORTC and PERCIST (82.7% of patients; κ = 0.83), that between mRECIST and EORTC (38.7%; κ = 0.27) and mRECIST and PERCIST (36.0%; κ = 0.26) was low. According to both EORTC and PERCIST, patients with no progression (CMR/PMR/SMD) showed significantly longer PFS and OS than PMD patients (EORTC: P = 0.0024 and P = 0.039, respectively, PERCIST: P = 0.0012 and P = 0.024, respectively), while according to mRECIST, those who achieved no progression (PR/SD) showed significantly longer PFS than PD patients (P = 0.011), but not significantly longer OS (P = 0.11). CONCLUSION EORTC and PERCIST are more accurate than mRECIST for evaluation of tumor response to chemotherapy and predicting prognosis in unresectable MPM patients.
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Reynolds JC, Maass-Moreno R, Thomas A, Ling A, Padiernos EB, Steinberg SM, Hassan R. 18F-FDG PET Assessment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Total Lesion Volume and Total Lesion Glycolysis-The Central Role of Volume. J Nucl Med 2020; 61:1570-1575. [PMID: 32284398 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.119.238733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cancer survival is related to tumor volume. 18F-FDG PET measurement of tumor volume holds promise but is not yet a clinical tool. Measurements come in 2 forms: the first is total lesion volume (TLV) based on the number of voxels in the tumor, and the second is total lesion glycolysis (TLG), which is the TLV multiplied by the average SUL (i.e., SUV normalized for lean mass) of the tumor (SULaverage). In this study, we measured tumor volume in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Methods: A threshold-based program in Interactive Data Language was developed to measure tumor volume in 18F-FDG PET images. Nineteen patients with MPM were studied before and after 2 cycles (6 wk) of chemoimmunotherapy. Measurements included TLV, TLG, the sum of the SULs in the tumor (SULtotal, a measure of total 18F-FDG uptake), and SULaverage Results: Baseline TLV ranged from 11 to 2,610 cm3 TLG ranged from 32 to 8,552 cm3 g/mL and correlated strongly with TLV. Although tumor volumes ranged over 3 orders of magnitude, SULaverage stayed within a narrow range of 2.4-5.3 units. Thus, TLV was the major component of TLG, whereas SULaverage was a minor component and was essentially constant. Further evaluation of SULaverage showed that in this cohort its 2 components, SULtotal and TLV, changed in parallel and were strongly correlated (r = 0.99, P < 0.01). Thus, whether the tumors were large or small, 18F-FDG uptake as measured by SULtotal was proportional to the TLV. Conclusion: TLG equals TLV multiplied by SULaverage, essentially TLV multiplied by a constant. Thus TLG, commonly considered a measure of metabolic activity in tumors, is also in this cohort a measure of tumor volume. The constancy of SULaverage is due to the fact that 18F-FDG uptake is proportional to tumor volume. Thus, in this study, 18F-FDG uptake was also a measure of volume.
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- James C Reynolds
- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Thoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; and
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- Biostatistics and Data Management Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Thoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; and
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Lim JH, Choi JY, Im Y, Yoo H, Jhun BW, Jeong BH, Park HY, Lee K, Kim H, Kwon OJ, Han J, Ahn MJ, Kim J, Um SW. Prognostic value of SUVmax on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scan in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0229299. [PMID: 32069313 PMCID: PMC7028266 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Introduction The maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) in 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) may be of prognostic significance for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). This retrospective study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of the SUVmax in patients with MPM. Materials and methods Medical records were retrospectively reviewed for the patients who were diagnosed with histopathologically proven MPM between 2009 and 2018 at Samsung Medical Center. For each patient, SUVmax was calculated for the primary lesion on PET/CT. To determine optimal cutoff values for predicting mortality, receiver operating characteristic curves were used. Results Among the 54 study patients, 34 (63.0%) had epithelioid subtype, 13 (24.1%) had sarcomatoid or biphasic subtype, and 7 (13.0%) had mesothelioma, not otherwise specified (NOS). The median overall survival (OS) was 8.7 months, and the median SUVmax was 9.9. The median values of SUVmax were 5.5 in patients with epithelioid subtype, 11.7 in those with sarcomatoid/biphasic subtype, and 13.3 in those with NOS subtype (P = 0.003). The optimal cutoff values of SUVmax to predict mortality were 10.1 in all patients, and 8.5 in patients with epithelioid subtype. In multivariate analysis, SUVmax was significantly associated with overall survival in all patients (P = 0.003) and in patients with epithelioid subtype (P = 0.012), but not in those with non-epithelioid subtype. Conclusions SUVmax in PET/CT is an independent prognostic factor in patients with MPM, especially those with epithelioid subtype. The histologic subtype of MPM should be considered when evaluating the prognostic significance of SUVmax.
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- Jun Hyeok Lim
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Doi H, Kuribayashi K, Kitajima K, Yamakado K, Kijima T. Development of a Novel Prognostic Risk Classification System for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Clin Lung Cancer 2020; 21:66-74.e2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2019.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2019] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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In-vivo imaging of methionine metabolism in patients with suspected malignant pleural mesothelioma. Nucl Med Commun 2019; 40:1179-1186. [DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Gill RR, Tsao AS, Kindler HL, Richards WG, Armato SG, Francis RJ, Gomez DR, Dahlberg S, Rimner A, Simone CB, de Perrot M, Blumenthal G, Adjei AA, Bueno R, Harpole DH, Hesdorffer M, Hirsch FR, Pass HI, Yorke E, Rosenzweig K, Burt B, Fennell DA, Lindwasser W, Malik S, Peikert T, Mansfield AS, Salgia R, Yang H, Rusch VW, Nowak AK. Radiologic Considerations and Standardization of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Imaging Within Clinical Trials: Consensus Statement from the NCI Thoracic Malignancy Steering Committee - International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Clinical Trials Planning Meeting. J Thorac Oncol 2019; 14:1718-1731. [PMID: 31470129 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Detailed guidelines pertaining to radiological assessment of malignant pleural mesothelioma are currently lacking due to the rarity of the disease, complex morphology, propensity to invade multiple planes simultaneously, and lack of specific recommendations within the radiology community about assessment, reporting, and follow-up. In March 2017, a multidisciplinary meeting of mesothelioma experts was co-sponsored by the National Cancer Institute Thoracic Malignancy Steering Committee, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. One of the outcomes of this conference was the foundation of detailed, multidisciplinary consensus imaging and management guidelines. Here, we present the recommendations for radiologic assessment of malignant pleural mesothelioma in the setting of clinical trial enrollment. We discuss optimization of imaging parameters across modalities, standardized reporting, and response assessment within clinical trials.
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- Ritu R Gill
- Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Departments of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biostatistics, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Departments of Radiation Oncology, Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, New York Proton Center, New York, New York
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- Cancer Clinical Research Unit, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Center for Thoracic Oncology, Mount Sinai Cancer, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Leicester Cancer Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Pathology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI as imaging biomarkers in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Nucl Med Commun 2018; 39:161-170. [DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000000789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Integrated 18F-FDG PET/MRI in breast cancer: early prediction of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2017; 45:328-339. [DOI: 10.1007/s00259-017-3849-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zucali PA, Lopci E, Ceresoli GL, Giordano L, Perrino M, Ciocia G, Gianoncelli L, Lorenzi E, Simonelli M, De Vincenzo F, Setti LR, Bonifacio C, Bonomi M, Bombardieri E, Chiti A, Santoro A. Prognostic and predictive role of [ 18 F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) treated with up-front pemetrexed-based chemotherapy. Cancer Med 2017; 6:2287-2296. [PMID: 28941158 PMCID: PMC5633593 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.1182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Revised: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of metabolic parameters analyzed at baseline and at interim FDG‐PET in predicting disease outcome in unresectable MPM patients receiving pemetrexed‐based chemotherapy. A consecutive series of MPM patients treated between February 2004 and July 2013 with first‐line pemetrexed‐based chemotherapy, and evaluated by FDG‐PET and CT scan at baseline and after two cycles of chemotherapy, was reviewed. Best CT scan response was assessed according to modified RECIST criteria. Progression‐free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were correlated with FDG‐PET parameters, such as maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), total lesion glycolysis (TLG), and percentage changes in SUVmax (∆SUV) and TLG (∆TLG). Overall, 142 patients were enrolled; 77 (54%) received talc pleurodesis before chemotherapy. Baseline SUVmax and TLG showed a statistically significant correlation with PFS and OS (P < 0.05) in both group of patients (treated and untreated with pleurodesis). In 65 patients not receiving pleurodesis, SUVmax reduction ≥25% (∆SUV ≥ 25%) and TLG reduction ≥30% (∆TLG ≥ 30%) were significantly associated with longer PFS (P < 0.05). Patients showing both ∆SUV ≥ 25% and ∆TLG ≥ 30% responses had a significant reduction in the risk of disease progression (HR:0.31, P < 0.001) and death (HR:0.52, P = 0.044). Neither ∆SUV nor ∆TLG showed similar association with survival outcomes in patients treated with pleurodesis. Our study confirmed the prognostic role of baseline FDG‐PET in a large series of MPM patients treated with first‐line pemetrexed‐based chemotherapy. Moreover, use of ∆SUV ≥ 25% and ∆TLG ≥ 30% as cut‐off values to define early metabolic response supported the role of FDG‐PET in predicting disease outcome and treatment response in patients not receiving pleurodesis.
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- Nuclear Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy
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- Biostatistics, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy
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- Oncology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy
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- Oncology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy
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- Oncology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy
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- Oncology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy
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- Oncology, Humanitas Gavazzeni Clinic, Bergamo, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy.,Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Oncology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy.,Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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Hallifax RJ, Talwar A, Wrightson JM, Edey A, Gleeson FV. State-of-the-art: Radiological investigation of pleural disease. Respir Med 2017; 124:88-99. [PMID: 28233652 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Revised: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Pleural disease is common. Radiological investigation of pleural effusion, thickening, masses, and pneumothorax is key in diagnosing and determining management. Conventional chest radiograph (CXR) remains as the initial investigation of choice for patients with suspected pleural disease. When abnormalities are detected, thoracic ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) can each play important roles in further investigation, but appropriate modality selection is critical. US adds significant value in the identification of pleural fluid and pleural nodularity, guiding pleural procedures and, increasingly, as "point of care" assessment for pneumothorax, but is highly operator dependent. CT scan is the modality of choice for further assessment of pleural disease: Characterising pleural thickening, some pleural effusions and demonstration of homogeneity of pleural masses and areas of fatty attenuation or calcification. MRI has specific utility for soft tissue abnormalities and may have a role for younger patients requiring follow-up serial imaging. MRI and PET/CT may provide additional information in malignant pleural disease regarding prognosis and response to therapy. This article summarises existing techniques, highlighting the benefits and applications of these different imaging modalities and provides an up to date review of the evidence.
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- R J Hallifax
- Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford, UK.
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- Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Radiology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford, UK
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Kitajima K, Doi H, Kuribayashi K, Hashimoto M, Tsuchitani T, Tanooka M, Fukushima K, Nakano T, Hasegawa S, Hirota S. Prognostic value of pretreatment volume-based quantitative 18 F-FDG PET/CT parameters in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Eur J Radiol 2017; 86:176-183. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Value of volume-based early metabolic response in patients with unresectable thymic epithelial tumor. Lung Cancer 2016; 100:24-29. [PMID: 27597277 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Revised: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We conducted this study to investigate the value of early metabolic responses assessed by (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) in predicting prognosis and monitoring treatment response in patients with unresectable thymic epithelial tumors (TETs). PATIENTS AND METHODS Study subjects were selected from the prospective dataset of a phase II clinical trial for cisplatin plus Cremorphor EL-free paclitaxel. A total of thirty patients with unresectable TETs who underwent baseline and early post treatment scan after two cycles of chemotherapy were enrolled (22 Male; mean age 55.0±15.0years). Metabolic parameters including metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) of the tumor lesions were measured. RESULTS Multivariate analysis using Cox proportional hazards regression model showed that percent decrease of MTV (HR=0.995 by 1% decrease, P=0.037) and TLG (HR=0.996 by 1% decrease, P=0.044) were significant predictors of progression-free survival (PFS). Receiver operating characteristic curve identified an 88.0% decrease in MTV and a 92.0% decrease in TLG as the optimal cut-off value for disease progression. Responders with ≥88% of ΔMTV and ≥92% of Δ TLG had significantly longer PFS than non-responders (P=0.012, 0.026, respectively). CONCLUSION The percent decrease in MTV and TLG of tumor lesions measured by early post treatment FDG PET/CT significantly associated with disease progression in this study. Early metabolic response based on these volumetric parameters has the potential to monitor treatment response and predict prognosis in patients with unresectable TETs.
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The potential value of volume-based quantitative PET parameters and increased bone marrow uptake for the prediction of survival in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Nucl Med Commun 2016; 37:43-9. [PMID: 26440572 DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000000402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between volume-based quantitative PET parameters and survival in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) and to evaluate the potential value of bone marrow (BM) uptake in predicting prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the data of 51 patients with MPM who underwent initial staging by fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET/computerized tomography (PET/CT). F-FDG-PET images were visually and quantitatively re-evaluated and maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax), mean standardized uptake values (SUVmean), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), total lesion glycolysis of primary tumors, and pleural thickening were calculated. In addition, BM and liver uptakes were measured; also, the degree of BM uptake was scored visually. BM/liver ratio and visual BM uptake score were noted. The correlations between quantitative PET parameters, BM uptake, and overall survival were analyzed. RESULTS F-FDG-PET scans upstaged 6 (11.8%) of 51 patients because of detection of previously unknown distant metastasis. On univariate analysis, advanced disease stage, high leukocyte count (≥10×10/ml), pleural thickening greater than 13 mm, SUVmax, SUVmean, MTV, total lesion glycolysis, BM/liver greater than 1.01, and visual score 1 and 2 were negative prognostic factors (P<0.05). In multivariate analysis, SUVmax greater than 8.6 [P=0.027, hazard ratio (HR): 2.961], MTV greater than 112 (P=0.001, HR: 4.861), and visual score 2 (P=0.035, HR: 3.827) were associated independently with a poor prognosis. CONCLUSION The presence of distant metastasis is more predictive of survival than PET nodal status in MPM patients. PET/CT has the potential to provide prognostic information in MPM patients and there was a good correlation between overall survival and volume-based PET parameters. Determination of BM uptake may contribute toward the prediction of patient outcome with other quantitative PET parameters.
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Present and future roles of FDG-PET/CT imaging in the management of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Jpn J Radiol 2016; 34:537-47. [PMID: 27222020 DOI: 10.1007/s11604-016-0555-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) integrated with 2-[(18)F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) has emerged as a powerful tool for combined metabolic and anatomic evaluations in clinical oncologic imaging. This review discusses the utility of (18)F-FDG PET/CT as a tool to manage patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. We discuss different stages of patient management in malignant pleural mesothelioma, including diagnosis, initial staging, therapy planning, early treatment response assessment, re-staging, and prognosis.
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Schaarschmidt BM, Sawicki LM, Gomez B, Grueneisen J, Hoiczyk M, Heusch P, Buchbender C. Malignant pleural mesothelioma: initial experience in integrated (18)F-FDG PET/MR imaging. Clin Imaging 2016; 40:956-60. [PMID: 27232931 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2016] [Revised: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE This study aims to compare staging results of (18)F-FDG PET/computed tomography (CT) and integrated PET/magnetic resonance (MR) in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) patients and to investigate a potential apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)/SUV correlation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six patients with MPM underwent (18)F-FDG PET/CT and PET/MR including diffusion-weighted imaging. Thoracic TNM staging was performed for both modalities. SUV and ADC were assessed in therapy-naive pleural lesions. RESULTS In thoracic TNM staging, no differences were found between PET/CT and PET/MR. An inverse correlation was observed between SUVmean and ADCmin (r=-0.63, P=.002). CONCLUSION MPM can be staged using PET/MR. The inverse correlation ADC/SUV indicates that future research on multiparametric therapy response evaluation may be warranted.
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- Benedikt M Schaarschmidt
- University Dusseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany; University Duisburg-Essen, Medical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, D-45147 Essen, Germany.
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- University Dusseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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- University Duisburg-Essen, Medical Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, D-45147 Essen, Germany
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- University Duisburg-Essen, Medical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, D-45147 Essen, Germany
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- University Duisburg-Essen, Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Oncology, Essen, Germany
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- University Dusseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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- University Dusseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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Maggioni C, Barletta G, Rijavec E, Biello F, Gualco E, Grossi F. Advances in treatment of mesothelioma. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2016; 17:1197-205. [DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2016.1176145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Xie C, Gleeson F. The pleura. IMAGING 2016. [DOI: 10.1183/2312508x.10006715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Early prediction of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients: comparison of single-voxel 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Eur Radiol 2015; 26:2279-90. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-4014-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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