Mocciaro Vanessa, Scollo Paolo, Stefano Alessandro, Gieri Stefania, Russo Giorgio, Scibilia Giuseppe, Cosentino Sebastiano, Murè Gabriella, Baldari Sara, Sabini Maria Gabriella, Fraggetta Filippo, Gilardi Maria Carla, Ippolito Massimo
Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Cefalù, I-90015 Palermo, Italy.
Department of Gynecology, Cannizzaro Hospital, I-95126 Catania, Italy.
Oncol Lett. 2016 Aug;12(2):1408-1414. doi: 10.3892/ol.2016.4771. Epub 2016 Jun 23.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the changes in cervical cancer glucose metabolism for different levels of cellular differentiation. The metabolic activity was measured by standardized uptake value (SUV), SUV normalized to lean body mass, metabolic tumor volume and total lesion glycolysis using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET). A correlation study of these values could be used to facilitate therapeutic choice and to improve clinical practice and outcome. This study considered 32 patients with diagnosed cervical cancers, at different International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stages. Glucose metabolism was assessed by PET examination, and histological specimens were examined to determine their initial grade of differentiation. A correlation study of these values was evaluated. Histological examination showed that all cases were of squamous cell carcinoma. Regarding the differentiation of the tumor, 19 well- to moderately-differentiated tumors and 13 poorly-differentiated tumors were determined. Negative findings for correlations between metabolic parameters and initial grade of histological differentiation were found, and considering that histological grade has been shown to have no consistent prognostic value in cervical cancer treatment, PET imaging could play a significant role in cervical cancer prognosis.
本研究的目的是评估不同细胞分化水平的宫颈癌葡萄糖代谢变化。使用氟-18氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描(PET)通过标准化摄取值(SUV)、归一化去脂体重的SUV、代谢肿瘤体积和总病变糖酵解来测量代谢活性。对这些值进行相关性研究可有助于治疗选择并改善临床实践及治疗结果。本研究纳入了32例确诊为宫颈癌的患者,处于不同的国际妇产科联盟分期。通过PET检查评估葡萄糖代谢,并检查组织学标本以确定其初始分化程度。对这些值进行了相关性研究。组织学检查显示所有病例均为鳞状细胞癌。关于肿瘤的分化,确定了19例高分化至中分化肿瘤和13例低分化肿瘤。未发现代谢参数与组织学初始分化程度之间存在相关性,并且鉴于组织学分级在宫颈癌治疗中已被证明没有一致的预后价值,PET成像在宫颈癌预后中可能发挥重要作用。