TY - JOUR
T1 - Whole-body total lesion glycolysis is an independent predictor in patients with esophageal cancer treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy
AU - Takahashi, Noriyoshi
AU - Umezawa, Rei
AU - Takanami, Kentaro
AU - Yamamoto, Takaya
AU - Ishikawa, Youjirou
AU - Kozumi, Maiko
AU - Takeda, Kazuya
AU - Kadoya, Noriyuki
AU - Jingu, Keiichi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - Background and purpose: To determine whether pretreatment whole-body total lesion glycolysis (TLGWB) and metabolic tumor volume (MTVWB) are associated with outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). Materials and methods: Ninety patients with stage II or III thoracic esophageal cancer who underwent FDG-PET/CT within 45 days before dCRT between 2005 and 2013 were reviewed. MTV and TLG of the primary lesion (MTVpri and TLGpri) and the sum of MTV and TLG for all lesions (MTVWB and TLGWB) were calculated. Predictors were analyzed using the Cox proportional hazards model. Results: The median follow-up period was 27.7 months. In multivariate analysis, MTVWB > median was an unfavorable predictor for OS (p = 0.027, hazard ratio [HR]: 2.15), LC (p = 0.039, HR: 1.98) and PFS (p = 0.041, HR: 1.96). TLGWB > median was an unfavorable predictor for OS (p = 0.019, HR: 2.26), LC (p = 0.015, HR: 2.36) and PFS (p = 0.014, HR: 2.33). SUVmax was not a predictor, and the HR of TLGWB was higher than that of MTVWB for OS, LC and PFS in multivariate analysis. Conclusion: TLGWB and MTVWB are independent predictors in patients with esophageal cancer.
AB - Background and purpose: To determine whether pretreatment whole-body total lesion glycolysis (TLGWB) and metabolic tumor volume (MTVWB) are associated with outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). Materials and methods: Ninety patients with stage II or III thoracic esophageal cancer who underwent FDG-PET/CT within 45 days before dCRT between 2005 and 2013 were reviewed. MTV and TLG of the primary lesion (MTVpri and TLGpri) and the sum of MTV and TLG for all lesions (MTVWB and TLGWB) were calculated. Predictors were analyzed using the Cox proportional hazards model. Results: The median follow-up period was 27.7 months. In multivariate analysis, MTVWB > median was an unfavorable predictor for OS (p = 0.027, hazard ratio [HR]: 2.15), LC (p = 0.039, HR: 1.98) and PFS (p = 0.041, HR: 1.96). TLGWB > median was an unfavorable predictor for OS (p = 0.019, HR: 2.26), LC (p = 0.015, HR: 2.36) and PFS (p = 0.014, HR: 2.33). SUVmax was not a predictor, and the HR of TLGWB was higher than that of MTVWB for OS, LC and PFS in multivariate analysis. Conclusion: TLGWB and MTVWB are independent predictors in patients with esophageal cancer.
KW - Chemoradiotherapy
KW - Esophageal cancer
KW - MTV
KW - Metabolic tumor volume
KW - TLG
KW - Total lesion glycolysis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.10.019
DO - 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.10.019
M3 - Article
C2 - 29108779
AN - SCOPUS:85032882372
VL - 129
SP - 161
EP - 165
JO - Radiotherapy and Oncology
JF - Radiotherapy and Oncology
SN - 0167-8140
IS - 1
ER -
