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著者: B E Chatterton, I Ho Shon, A Baldey, N Lenzo, A Patrikeos, B Kelley, D Wong, J E Ramshaw, A M Scott
雑誌名: Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2009 Mar;36(3):354-61. doi: 10.1007/s00259-008-0959-y. Epub 2008 Oct 18.
Abstract/Text
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were (1) to determine the incremental information provided by (18)F-FDG positron emission tomography (PET) in staging patients with oesophageal cancer, and (2) to determine the impact of PET staging on post-PET clinical management of oesophageal cancer, and on prognosis.
METHODS: In a multicentre, single-arm open study, patients with proved oesophageal cancer without definite distant metastases and regarded as suitable for potentially curative treatment were examined by PET. Clinicians were requested to supply a management plan before and another plan after being supplied with the PET scan results. Patients were followed for at least 1 year for outcome analysis.
RESULTS: A total of 129 patients (104 men, mean age 67 y) were recruited. PET detected additional sites of disease in 53 patients (41%). Significant changes in management (high or medium impact) were observed in 38% of patients, primarily as a result of identifying additional sites of disease and/or confirming previously equivocal regional and distant metastases. Progression-free survival was significantly shorter in patients found to have additional lesions on PET (p < 0.05), but was not related to SUV(max).
CONCLUSION: These findings demonstrate the significant impact of PET on the clinical management of patients with newly diagnosed oesophageal carcinoma, and on prognostic stratification of these patients.
PMID 18931839 Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2009 Mar;36(3):354-61. doi: 10.1007/s00259-008-0959-y. Epub 2008 Oct 18.
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