TY - JOUR
T1 - Decrease in total lesion glycolysis and survival after yttrium-90-radioembolization in poorly differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumour thrombosis
AU - Filippi, Luca
AU - Di Costanzo, Giovan G.
AU - D'Agostini, Antonio
AU - Tortora, Raffaella
AU - Pelle, Giuseppe
AU - Cianni, Roberto
AU - Schillaci, Orazio
AU - Bagni, Oreste
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Purpose This study aims to evaluate the prognostic role of the decrease in total lesion glycolysis (TLG) assessed by fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET-computed tomography (CT) 1 month after yttrium-90-radioembolization (90 Y-RE) in patients affected by hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein tumour thrombosis (PVTT). Patients and methods Twenty-one patients with histologically proven poorly differentiated HCC and evidence of PVTT at the enhanced multislice CT underwent 90 Y-RE. All patients underwent an 18 F-FDG PET-CT scan at baseline and 1 month after the loco-regional therapy. The variation in TLG (ΔTLG) between the two studies was calculated. Patients were divided in two groups (group 1: 1 month ΔTLG >50%, group 2: ΔTLG <50%). Statistical analysis was carried out to assess the prognostic role of TLG in overall survival (OS). Results On the 21 patients enrolled, all presented a decrease in TLG after the administration of 90 Y-microspheres. The OS was 11.5±1.2 months. Nine out of 21 (42.9%) patients showed ΔTLG more than 50% with a mean OS of 16.8±1.3 months, whereas the remaining 12 (57.1%) patients had ΔTLG less than 50% with a mean OS of 7.5±0.5 months. Statistical analysis showed ΔTLG to be a significant (P<0.001) predictor of survival. None of the other examined variables including age, Child-Pugh classification, previously performed therapies, the presence of extrahepatic metastases, α-fetoprotein and bilirubin levels had a significant prognostic impact on patients' outcome. Conclusion Decrease in TLG measured by 18 F-FDG PET-CT is correlated with a trend towards a longer median survival in patients affected by HCC and PVTT who have undergone 90 Y-RE.
AB - Purpose This study aims to evaluate the prognostic role of the decrease in total lesion glycolysis (TLG) assessed by fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET-computed tomography (CT) 1 month after yttrium-90-radioembolization (90 Y-RE) in patients affected by hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein tumour thrombosis (PVTT). Patients and methods Twenty-one patients with histologically proven poorly differentiated HCC and evidence of PVTT at the enhanced multislice CT underwent 90 Y-RE. All patients underwent an 18 F-FDG PET-CT scan at baseline and 1 month after the loco-regional therapy. The variation in TLG (ΔTLG) between the two studies was calculated. Patients were divided in two groups (group 1: 1 month ΔTLG >50%, group 2: ΔTLG <50%). Statistical analysis was carried out to assess the prognostic role of TLG in overall survival (OS). Results On the 21 patients enrolled, all presented a decrease in TLG after the administration of 90 Y-microspheres. The OS was 11.5±1.2 months. Nine out of 21 (42.9%) patients showed ΔTLG more than 50% with a mean OS of 16.8±1.3 months, whereas the remaining 12 (57.1%) patients had ΔTLG less than 50% with a mean OS of 7.5±0.5 months. Statistical analysis showed ΔTLG to be a significant (P<0.001) predictor of survival. None of the other examined variables including age, Child-Pugh classification, previously performed therapies, the presence of extrahepatic metastases, α-fetoprotein and bilirubin levels had a significant prognostic impact on patients' outcome. Conclusion Decrease in TLG measured by 18 F-FDG PET-CT is correlated with a trend towards a longer median survival in patients affected by HCC and PVTT who have undergone 90 Y-RE.
KW - F-FDG PET
KW - hepatocellular carcinoma
KW - radioembolization
KW - total lesion glycolysis
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U2 - 10.1097/MNM.0000000000000879
DO - 10.1097/MNM.0000000000000879
M3 - Article
C2 - 29901488
AN - SCOPUS:85051737436
VL - 39
SP - 845
EP - 852
JO - Nuclear Medicine Communications
JF - Nuclear Medicine Communications
SN - 0143-3636
IS - 9
ER -