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Paulina Cegla

Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poland

Title: Dual tracer FLT-FDG-PET/CT in the assessment of biological parameters for simulated treatment planning in patients with cervical cancer

Biography

Biography: Paulina Cegla

Abstract

Aim: Th e assessment of metabolic activity and the extend of the tumor mass has an increasing importance for radiotherapy
planning and patients prognosis. Th e aim of the study was to compare biological parameters of primary tumor assessed by
18F-FDG and 18F- fl uorothymidine (FLT) positron emission tomography (PET)/computer tomography (CT) in patients with
cervical cancer and infl uence on radiotherapy planning.
Materials & Methods: Respectively 39 women with histologically confi rmed cervical cancer underwent dual tracer PET/
CT examinations performed for radiotherapy. PET scans were acquired on separate days (within one week) 60 min aft er
IV injection of 300 MBq of 18F- fl uorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and 300 MBq of 18F-FLT. Th e reconstructed PET images were
evaluated using a dedicated workstation for metabolic tumor parameters, such as SUVmax, metabolic tumor volume (MTV),
total lesion glycolysis (TLG) and heterogeneity for primary tumor and compared using t-test.
Results: Th ere was signifi cant diff erences in the volumes calculated from FLT-gross tumor volume (GTV) and FDG-GTV
(29.86±25.17 vs. 37.10±30.7; p=0.02). Th e SUVmax, TLG and heterogeneity were in general lower for FLT-GTV than FDGGTV
(9.35±10.06 vs. 11.46±4.05, p=0.13; 136.14±138.59 vs. 281.48±322.95, p=0.002; 0.6±0.05 vs. 0.63±0.5, p=0.02 respectively)
however, in three patients SUV values for FLT-GTV were higher than for FDG-GTV. Depending on severity of the disease
patients were divided into three groups.
Conclusion: In this limited study FLT-GTV tends to show lower measured volumes as a consequence of the lower thimidine
uptake within tumor mass as compared to glucose metabolism. Our preliminary results found statistically signifi cant diff erences
between metabolic and volumetric parameters in patients with disease limited only to cervix and disease limited to the cervix
and iliac lymph nodes either FDG or FLT.