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18F-fluoride PET/CT for assessing bone involvement in prostate and breast cancers.
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PMID:  21076343     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of F-fluoride PET/computed tomography (CT) to detect bone metastases (BMs) in a breast and prostate cancer population, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or thin-slice CT as a gold standard.
METHODS: We have prospectively included 34 patients with breast (N=24) or prostate cancer (N=10) at high risk of BMs. Whole-body PET/CT (low-dose CT) and bone scintigraphy (BS) with single photon emission CT were obtained for all 34 patients and the results compared with a radiological gold standard.
RESULTS: Out of the 386 foci detected by PET/CT, 219 (56.7%) could be verified by CT or MRI. Eighty-six additional foci were detected by BS (n=46) or seen only by CT (n=9), MRI (n=23), or both CT and MRI (n=8). The total number of verified lesions was therefore 274 (58.1%), including 119 (43.4%) benign and 155 (56.6%) BM. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of F-fluoride PET/CT were 76, 84.2, and 80%, respectively. For BS, they were 44.8, 79.2, and 60%, respectively. Sensitivity significantly decreased for the lytic lesions. The accuracy of PET/CT was significantly superior to BS for pelvic and lumbar lesions. PET/CT provided a correct diagnosis (M+/M0) in 32 of 33 patients (one false positive) compared with 28 of 33 with BS (four false positive, one false positive).
CONCLUSION: F-fluoride PET/CT is significantly more accurate than BS for detecting BMs from breast and prostate cancers.
Authors:
Nadia Withofs; Benjamin Grayet; Tino Tancredi; Andrée Rorive; Christine Mella; Fabrice Giacomelli; Frédéric Mievis; Joël Aerts; David Waltregny; Guy Jerusalem; Roland Hustinx
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nuclear medicine communications     Volume:  32     ISSN:  1473-5628     ISO Abbreviation:  Nucl Med Commun     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-26     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8201017     Medline TA:  Nucl Med Commun     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  168-76     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
aDivision of Nuclear Medicine bDepartment of Medical Imaging cDivision of Medical Oncology dDivision of Urology, CHU Liège eCyclotron Research Center, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
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