Autor: |
Alessio Annovazzi, Sandra Rea, Carmine Zoccali, Rosa Sciuto, Jacopo Baldi, Vincenzo Anelli, Maria G. Petrongari, Edoardo Pescarmona, Roberto Biagini, Virginia Ferraresi |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2020 |
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Zdroj: |
Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 8, p 2549 (2020) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2077-0383 |
DOI: |
10.3390/jcm9082549 |
Popis: |
Background: Soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) represent a wide heterogeneous class of rare tumors. The exact role 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) in the evaluation of STS is not well established. The aim of the present study was to evaluate how the use of 18F-FDG PET/CT in STS could influence patient therapy planning, looking for a possible added value over computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging—the most used modalities in the study of STS. Differences in SUVmax according to histologic subtype and tumor grade were also considered. Methods: a total of 345 consecutive 18F-FDG PET/CT scans performed for initial staging (n = 171) or for suspected disease relapse (n = 174) in 282 patients with STS extracted from the local Information System database were retrospectively reviewed. Results: 18F-FDG PET/CT altered therapy planning in 80 cases (16.4% for staging and 29.9% in restaging), both for disease upstaging (58.8%) and downstaging (41.2%) Conclusions: 18F-FDG PET/CT could significantly influence management of patients with STS, particularly for restaging. |
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