简介：Objective:Toclarifytheprognosticvalueofpost-treatment18F-fluorodeoxyglucose(FDG)positronemissiontomography(PET)/computedtomography(CT)inpatientswithadvancedheadandnecksquamouscellcarcinoma(HNSCC)aftercombinedintra-arterialchemotherapyandradiotherapy(IACR).Methods:Thirty-sixpatientswithHNSCCwhounderwentIACRwererecruited.TheperiodfromtheendofIACRtothelastpost-treatment18F-FDGPET/CTexaminationwas8-12weeks.Bothpatient-basedandlesion-basedanalyseswereusedtoevaluatethePET/CTimages.Forlesion-basedanalysis,36regions(12lesionsofrecurrencesand24scarsatprimarysites)wereselected.TheKaplan-Meiermethodwasusedtoassesstheoverallsurvival(OS)stratifiedby18F-FDGuptakeorvisualinterpretationresults.Results:TwelvepatientswithrecurrencewereidentifiedbysixmonthsafterIACR.Thesensitivityandspecificityinthepatient-basedanalysiswere67%(8/12)and88%(21/24),respectively.ThemeanOSwasestimatedtobe12.1months(95%CI,6.3-18.0months)forthehighermaximumstandardizeduptakevalue(SUVmax)group(n=7)and44.6months(95%CI,39.9-49.3months)forthelowerSUVmaxgroup(n=29).OSinthehigherSUVmaxgroup(cut-offpoint,6.1)orpositivevisualinterpretationgroupwassignificantlyshorterthanthatinthelowerSUVmaxornegativevisualinterpretationgroup(P<0.001andP<0.05,respectively).Conclusions:TheSUVmaxandvisualinterpretationofHNSCConpost-IACR18F-FDGPET/CTcanprovideprognosticsurvivalestimates.

简介：Aseventyeightyearsoldmalepatientunderwentawholebody18F-FDGPET/CTimagingtodiagnosethelesionwhichwasshowedintherightlungbyachestXraytestandCTscanbefore.Besidestheintense18F-FDGuptakeofthelesionintherightlung,alesionintheleftparotidglandalsoshowedintense18F-FDGuptake.Toevaluatethepathologyofthelesionintheleftparotidgland,aparotidglandscintigraphyimagingwithTc-99mpertechnetatewasdoneandrevealedaWarthin'stumor.Laterafineneedleaspiration(FNA)confirmedthatitwasaWarthin'stumor.

简介：Objective:Weinvestigatedthecorrelationbetweenthenumberofcirculatingtumorcells(CTCs)andwholebodymetabolictumorvolume(WBMTV)measuredby18F-fluorodeoxyglucose(FDG)positronemissiontomography/computedtomography(PET/CT).TheaimwastoevaluatethevalueoftheincorporationofCTCnumberandWBMTVintheprognosticpredictionofstageIIIsmall-celllungcancer(SCLC).Methods:Onehundredandtwenty-ninepatientswereenrolledinthisstudy.Allpatientsweretreatedwithfourcyclesofaplatinum-basedregimenandconcurrentchestirradiation,followedbyprophylacticcranialirradiation.BloodsamplesforCTCanalysiswereobtainedfrom112patientsbeforetheinitiationofchemotherapy(asabaseline),aftercycle1andaftercycle4.CTCsweremeasuredusingtheCELLSEARCH?system.ThepatientsunderwentpretreatmentFDGPET/CTWBMTV,whichincludedallmalignantlesions.TheSpearmanranktestwasusedtodeterminethecorrelationamongCTCcounts,WBMTVanddiseasestage.Overallsurvival(OS)andprogression-freesurvival(PFS)curveswereproducedusingtheKaplan-Meiermethod,andsurvivaldifferencesbetweengroupswereassessedbythelog-ranktest.Results:ThenumberofCTCsatbaselinedidnotcorrelatewithWBMTVbeforetheinitiationoftherapy(P=0.241).ThenumberofCTCsatbaselineandtheWBMTVbeforetheinitiationoftherapywereindependentrelevantfactorsforPFSandOS.Thesubgroupanalysis(GroupA:CTCcount>19.5andaWBMTV>266.5cm^3;GroupB:CTCcount>19.5andaWBMTV≤266.5cm^3;GroupC:CTCcount≤19.5andaWBMTV>266.5cm^3;GroupD:CTCcount≤19.5andaWBMTV≤266.5cm^3)showedthatthedifferenceswerestatisticallysignificantinthemedianPFS(GroupAvs.D,P<0.001;GroupBvs.D,P=0.018;GroupCvs.D,P=0.029)andinthemedianOS(GroupAvs.D,P<0.001;GroupBvs.D,P=0.012).Conclusions:CTCnumberandWBMTVarerelatedtoprogressionanddeathinpatientswithSCLC.TheincorporationofCTCnumberandWBMTVscanscanprovideadetailedprognosticpredictionforSCLC.