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- Title
<sup>11</sup>C-methionine (MET) and <sup>18</sup>F-fluorothymidine (FLT) PET in patients with newly diagnosed glioma.
- Authors
Hatakeyama, Tetsuhiro; Kawai, Nobuyuki; Nishiyama, Yoshihiro; Yamamoto, Yuka; Sasakawa, Yasuhiro; Ichikawa, Tomotsugu; Tamiya, Takashi
- Abstract
The purpose of this prospective study was to clarify the individual and combined role of l-methyl-11C-methionine-positron emission tomography (MET-PET) and 3′-deoxy-3′-[18F]fluorothymidine (FLT)-PET in tumor detection, noninvasive grading, and assessment of the cellular proliferation rate in newly diagnosed histologically verified gliomas of different grades. Forty-one patients with newly diagnosed gliomas were investigated with MET-PET before surgery. Eighteen patients were also examined with FLT-PET. MET and FLT uptakes were assessed by standardized uptake value of the tumor showing the maximum uptake (SUVmax), and the ratio to uptake in the normal brain parenchyma ( T/ N ratio). All tumors were graded by the WHO grading system using surgical specimens, and the proliferation activity of the tumors were determined by measuring the Ki-67 index obtained by immunohistochemical staining. On semiquantitative analysis, MET exhibited a slightly higher sensitivity (87.8%) in tumor detection than FLT (83.3%), and both tracers were 100% sensitive for malignant gliomas. Low-grade gliomas that were false negative on MET-PET also were false negative on FLT-PET. Although the difference of MET SUVmax and T/ N ratio between grades II and IV gliomas was statistically significant ( P < 0.001), there was a significant overlap of MET uptake in the tumors. The difference of MET SUVmax and T/ N ratio between grades II and III gliomas was not statistically significant. Low-grade gliomas with oligodendroglial components had relatively high MET uptake. The difference of FLT SUVmax and T/ N ratio between grades III and IV gliomas was statistically significant ( P < 0.01). Again, the difference of FLT SUVmax and T/ N ratio between grades II and III gliomas was not statistically significant. Grade III gliomas with non-contrast enhancement on MR images had very low FLT uptake. In 18 patients who underwent PET examination with both tracers, a significant but relatively weak correlation was observed between the individual SUVmax of MET and FLT ( r = 0.54, P < 0.05) and T/ N ratio of MET and FLT ( r = 0.56, P < 0.05). Total FLT uptake in the tumor had a higher correlation ( r = 0.89, P < 0.001) with Ki-67 proliferation index than MET uptake ( r = 0.49, P < 0.01). PET studies using MET and FLT are useful for tumor detection in newly diagnosed gliomas. However, there is no complimentary information in tumor detection with simultaneous measurements of MET- and FLT-PET in low grade gliomas. FLT-PET seems to be superior than MET-PET in noninvasive tumor grading and assessment of proliferation activity in gliomas of different grades.
- Publication
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, 2008, Vol 35, Issue 11, p2009
- ISSN
1619-7070
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s00259-008-0847-5