F-18 FDG perfusion PET: intraprocedural assessment of the liver tumor ablation margin
F-18 FDG perfusion PET: intraprocedural assessment of the liver tumor ablation margin
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DOI:
10.1007/s00261-021-02970-8
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发表时间:
2021-02-19
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Silverman, Stuart G.
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作者:
Shyn, Paul B.;Cubre, Alan J.;Silverman, Stuart G.
Purpose To evaluate F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) perfusion PET during FDG PET/CT-guided liver tumor microwave ablation procedures for assessing the ablation margin and correlating minimum margin measurements with local progression. Methods This IRB-approved, HIPAA-compliant study included 20 adult patients (11 M, 9 F; mean age 65) undergoing FDG PET/CT-guided liver microwave ablation to treat 31 FDG-avid tumors. Intraprocedural FDG perfusion PET was performed to assess the ablation margin. Intraprocedural decisions regarding overlapping ablations were recorded. Two readers retrospectively interpreted intraprocedural perfusion PET and postprocedural contrast-enhanced MRI. Assessability of the ablation margin and minimum margin measurements were recorded. Imaging follow-up for local progression ranged from 30 to 574 days (mean 310). Regression modeling of minimum margin measurements was performed. Hazard ratios were calculated to correlate an ablation margin threshold of 5 mm with outcomes. Results Intraprocedural perfusion PET prompted additional overlapping ablations of two tumors, neither of which progressed. Incomplete ablation or local progression occurred in 8/31 (26%) tumors. With repeat ablation, secondary efficacy was 26 (84%) of 31. Both study readers deemed ablation margins fully assessable more often using perfusion PET than MRI (OR 69.7; CI 6.0, 806.6; p = 0.001). Minimum ablation margins >= 5 mm on perfusion PET correlated with a low risk of incomplete ablation/local progression by both study readers (HR 0.08 and 0.02, p < 0.001). Conclusion Intraprocedural FDG perfusion PET consistently enabled complete liver tumor microwave ablation margin assessments, and the perfusion PET minimum ablation margin measurements correlated well with local outcomes.