Journal
DIAGNOSTICS
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11111954
Keywords
positron emission tomography (PET); [F-18]FDG; breast cancer; estrogen receptor; staging
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- Cancer Center Amsterdam
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The study revealed that FDG PET had a high rate of incorrect staging among patients with grade 1-2, ER+ breast cancer cases. Proper staging is crucial to avoid inappropriate treatment choices for better survival outcomes. Further prospective studies focusing on novel radiotracers are urgently needed.
Positron emission tomography using [F-18]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG PET) potentially underperforms for staging of patients with grade 1-2 estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer. The aim of this study was to retrospectively investigate the diagnostic accuracy of FDG PET in this patient population. Suspect tumor lesions detected on conventional imaging and FDG PET were confirmed with pathology or follow up. PET-positive lesions were (semi)quantified with standardized uptake values (SUV) and these were correlated with various pathological features, including the histological subtype. Pre-operative imaging detected 155 pathologically verified lesions (in 74 patients). A total of 115/155 (74.2%) lesions identified on FDG PET were classified as true positive, i.e., malignant (in 67 patients) and 17/155 (10.8%) lesions as false positive, i.e., benign (in 9 patients); 7/155 (4.5%) as false negative (in 7 patients) and 16/155 (10.3%) as true negative (in 14 patients). FDG PET incorrectly staged 16/70 (22.9%) patients. The FDG uptake correlated with histological subtype, showing higher uptake in ductal carcinoma, compared to lobular carcinoma (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Within this study, FDG PET inadequately staged 22.9% of grade 1-2, ER + BC cases. Incorrect staging can lead to inappropriate treatment choices, potentially affecting survival and quality of life. Prospective studies investigating novel radiotracers are urgently needed.
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