Prognostic value of primary tumor SUV
max on F-18 FDG PET/CT compared with semi-quantitative tumor uptake on Tc-99m sestamibi breast-specific gamma imaging in invasive ductal breast cancer.
Ann Nucl Med 2016;
31:19-28. [PMID:
27645144 DOI:
10.1007/s12149-016-1127-2]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of F-18 FDG PET/CT in comparison with Tc-99m sestamibi breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) and previously established clinical prognostic parameters of invasive ductal breast carcinoma (IDC).
METHODS
We retrospectively included 157 female IDC patients (mean age 49.2 years, range 29.9-78.9) who underwent PET/CT and BSGI. The maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and tumor to normal background ratios (TNRs) of their primary tumors were measured on PET/CT and BSGI, respectively. Univariate and multivariate survival analyses were performed to evaluate the prognostic value of the measured parameters and other clinical prognostic factors: age, menopausal status, breast density, pathologic tumor size (pTS), axillary nodal status (ANS), nuclear grade, histologic grade, hormone receptor status of estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) and HER-2 expression.
RESULTS
Among 157 patients, recurrences occurred in 22 patients (14.0 %). In univariate analyses, pTS (p < 0.0001), ANS (p < 0.0001), nuclear grade (p = 0.0046), histologic grade (p = 0.0001), ER status (p < 0.0001), PR status (p = 0.0037), HER-2 status (p = 0.0007), primary tumor SUVmax (p < 0.0001) and TNR (p = 0.0001) were significant predictors of recurrence. Among them, pTS (p = 0.0172), ANS (p = 0.0416), ER status (p = 0.0375) and primary tumor SUVmax (p = 0.0239) were independent prognostic factors in multivariate regression analysis.
CONCLUSIONS
High primary tumor SUVmax of PET/CT and high TNR of BSGI were poor prognostic factors in IDC patients; in addition, primary tumor SUVmax was an independent prognostic factor along with pTS, ANS and ER status.
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