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18F-氟代脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描预测食管鳞状细胞癌患者淋巴结的针对性化放疗反应

 

Authors Zhu W, Zhang Y, Kong L, Huang Y, Zheng J, Wang R, Li M, Yu J

Received 21 December 2017

Accepted for publication 2 May 2018

Published 25 July 2018 Volume 2018:11 Pages 4345—4353

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S160456

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single-blind

Peer reviewers approved by Dr Amy Norman

Peer reviewer comments 3

Editor who approved publication: Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Pietersz

Purpose: To evaluate the capability of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) to predict the clinical response of metastatic lymph node (mLN) to definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) and guide personalized radiation dose in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients.
Patients and methods: One hundred and forty-three mLNs from 59 patients with ESCC treated with dCRT and who had undergone a pretreatment 18F-FDG-PET/CT scan were included in the study. All defined mLNs were contoured by nuclear medicine radiologists. Response was evaluated by contrast-enhanced computed tomography and 18F-FDG-PET/CT.
Results: Sixty-nine mLNs showed complete response (CR), and 74 mLNs showed non-complete response. The 143 mLNs were divided into 4 groups (Groups 1–4) based on the quartiles of maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax-G1, SUVmax-G2, SUVmax-G3, and SUVmax-G4) and metabolic tumor volume (MTV-G1, MTV-G2, MTV-G3, and MTV-G4). The CR rate of SUVmax-G2 was significantly higher than the other 3 groups. The escalated radiation dose improved the CR rate of lymph nodes in SUVmax-G3 (55 Gy) and SUVmax-G4 (61 Gy). The lowest CR rate was found in MTV-G4 (the group with the largest MTV). The escalated radiation dose (59.7 Gy) improved the CR rate of lymph node in MTV-Groups 3 and 4.
Conclusion: Pretreatment metabolic parameters can predict the response of mLNs to dCRT for patients with ESCC. The parameters could also be used to guide personalized dose to mLNs.
Keywords: 18F-FDG-PET/CT, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, radiotherapy, lymph node, response, radiation dose, personalized radiation dose




Figure 1 Target area of radiotherapy in the study.