Nuclear Medicine, Università degli Studi di Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Nuclear Medicine, ASL Bari-P.O. Di Venere, 70012 Bari, Italy.
Med Sci (Basel). 2024 Jul 29;12(3):36. doi: 10.3390/medsci12030036.
The prognostic role of imaging with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in oropharynx cancer (OPC) has been demonstrated in the past. The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic impact of both baseline and post-treatment PET/CT in patients with OPC and treated with chemo- and/or radiotherapy.
The PET/CT parameters of scans performed before and after therapy were collected and analyzed to find significant prognosticators for progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection's influence on the prognosis was also taken into account.
A total of 66 patients were included in the study. The staging volumetric parameters of PET/CT were significant prognosticators for OS, while the same parameters were affordable predictors for PFS at the restaging evaluation. No significant correlations between HPV infection and PET/CT parameters were reported.
The prognostic role of volumetric [18F]FDG PET/CT parameters in patients with OPC was reported.
过去已经证明,[18F]氟脱氧葡萄糖([18F]FDG)正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描(PET/CT)成像在口咽癌(OPC)中的预后作用。本研究的目的是评估在接受放化疗治疗的 OPC 患者中,基线和治疗后 PET/CT 的预后影响。
收集并分析治疗前后扫描的 PET/CT 参数,以找到无进展生存期(PFS)和总生存期(OS)的显著预后因素。还考虑了人乳头瘤病毒(HPV)感染对预后的影响。
共有 66 例患者纳入研究。PET/CT 的分期容积参数是 OS 的显著预后因素,而在重新分期评估时,相同的参数是 PFS 的可负担预测因素。HPV 感染与 PET/CT 参数之间无显著相关性。
报告了 OPC 患者中容积[18F]FDG PET/CT 参数的预后作用。