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JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE
卷 57, 期 10, 页码 1518-1522出版社
SOC NUCLEAR MEDICINE INC
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.116.174904
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F-18-FDG PET/CT; breast parenchymal uptake; magnetic resonance imaging; imaging biomarker
Background parenchymal enhancement (BPE), and the amount of fibroglandular tissue (FGT) assessed with MRI have been implicated as sensitive imaging biomarkers for breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively assess breast parenchymal uptake (BPU) on F-18-FDG PET/CT as another valuable imaging biomarker and examine its correlation with BPE, FGT, and age. Methods: This study included 129 patients with suspected breast cancer and normal imaging findings in one breast (BI-RADS 1), whose cases were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent prone F-18-FDG PET/CT and 3-T contrast-enhanced MRI of the breast. In all patients, interpreter 1 assessed BPU quantitatively using SUVmax. Interpreters 1 and 2 assessed amount of FGT and BPE in the normal contralateral breast by subjective visual estimation, as recommended by BI-RADS. Interpreter 1 reassessed all cases and repeated the BPU measurements. Statistical tests were used to assess correlations between BPU, BPE, FGT, and age, as well as inter- and intrainterpreter agreement. Results: BPU on F-18-FDG PET/CT varied among patients. The mean BPU SUVmax +/- SD was 1.57 +/- 0.6 for patients with minimal BPE, 1.93 +/- 0.6 for mild BPE, 2.42 +/- 0.5 for moderate BPE, and 1.45 +/- 0.3 for marked BPE. There were significant (P < 0.001) moderate to strong correlations among BPU, BPE, and FGT. BPU directly correlated with both BPE and FGT on MRI. Patient age showed a moderate to strong indirect correlation with all 3 imaging-derived tissue biomarkers. The coefficient of variation for quantitative BPU measurements with SUVmax was 5.6%, indicating a high reproducibility. Interinterpreter and intrainterpreter agreement for BPE and FGT was almost perfect, with a kappa-value of 0.860 and 0.822, respectively. Conclusion: The results of our study demonstrate that BPU varied among patients. BPU directly correlated with both BPE and FGT on MRI, and BPU measurements were highly reproducible. Patient age showed a strong inverse correlation with all 3 imaging-derived tissue biomarkers. These findings indicate that BPU may serve as a sensitive imaging biomarker for breast cancer prediction, prognosis, and risk assessment.
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