期刊
NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING
卷 46, 期 3, 页码 201-206出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s13139-012-0147-7
关键词
Gallbladder carcinoma; Prognosis; F-18-FDG; PET/CT; Metabolic tumor volume; Total lesion glycolysis
资金
- National RAMP
- D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health AMP
- Welfare, Republic of Korea [1120150]
- Korea Health Promotion Institute [1120150] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
Purpose We investigated the prognostic values of volume-based metabolic parameters by F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) in gallbladder carcinoma patients and compared them with other prognostic parameters. Materials and Methods We enrolled 44 patients, who were initially diagnosed with gallbladder carcinoma and undergoing F-18-FDG PET/CT. Various metabolic volume-based PET parameters of primary tumors, including maximum and average standardized uptake values (SUVmax, SUVavg), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), and total lesion glycolysis (TLG), were measured in gallbladder carcinoma patients using mediastinal blood pool activity as a threshold SUV for determining the tumor boundaries. Overall survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method with PET parameters and other clinical variables. For determining independent prognostic factors, Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was performed. Results Of the 44 enrolled patients, cancer-or treatment-related death occurred in 30 (68.2 %). The mean clinical follow-up period was 22.2 +/- 10.4 m (range, 0.6-35.9 m). Univariate analysis demonstrated that clinical or pathologic TNM stage (P<0.001), treatment modality (P<0.001), MTV (cutoff = 135 cm(3), P=0.001), and TLG (cutoff = 7,090, P<0.05) were significant prognostic factors. In multivariate analysis, both clinical or pathologic TNM stage [hazard ratio (HR)=2.019 (I vs II), 21.287 (I vs III), and 24.354 (I vs IV); P=0.001) and TLG (HR=2.930; P<0.05) were independent prognostic factors for predicting overall survival. Conclusions In gallbladder cancer, TLG of the primary tumor, a volume-based metabolic parameter, is a significant independent prognostic factor for overall survival in conjunction with the clinical or pathological TNM stage.
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