期刊
CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE
卷 42, 期 6, 页码 421-427出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001587
关键词
F-18-FES; breast cancer; estrogen receptor; heterogeneity; PET; CT
资金
- Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology Fund [15ZR1407600]
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Imaging Probes [14DZ2251400]
Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical value of F-18-fluoroestradiol (F-18-FES) PET/CT in the assessment of the estrogen receptor (ER) and its intratumoral heterogeneity in breast cancer patients. Methods Forty-six female patients (50 lesions) with histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer who underwent both F-18-FES and F-18-FDG PET/CT in our center were retrospectively included. All the patients enrolled were scheduled to undergo biopsy. The F-18-FES and FDG uptakes were compared with pathological features (tumor size, ER, progesterone receptor, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, and Ki67%). The optimal threshold to discriminate ER-positive and ER-negative lesions was determined by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Furthermore, we observed the intratumoral heterogeneity by a heterogeneity index (SUVmax/SUVmean) and compared the results with the Chang-Gung Image Texture Analysis. Results There was good agreement between F-18-FES uptake and ER, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression (P < 0.001), and the use of SUVmean instead of SUVmax can provide a slightly better correlation. The optimal threshold for F-18-FES PET/CT to discriminate between ER-positive and ER-negative lesions, as determined by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, was an SUVmax of 1.82 (sensitivity = 88.2% and specificity = 87.5%) and SUVmean of 1.21 (sensitivity = 85.3% and specificity = 93.7). Our simplified heterogeneity index-FES can easily observe ER heterogeneity. In addition, our results suggested that recurrent/metastatic patients and lesions located other than breast might have greater heterogeneity. Conclusions F-18-FES PET/CT is a feasible, noninvasive method for assessing ER expression in breast cancer patients. Because intratumoral heterogeneity exists, F-18-FES PET/CT might better reflect the ER expression, especially in metastatic patients after treatment, thus assisting in making individualized treatment decisions.
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