Dynamic 18F-FET PET/CT to differentiate recurrent primary brain tumor and brain metastases from radiation necrosis after single-session robotic radiosurgery
- Objective Cyberknife robotic radiosurgery (RRS) provides single-session high-dose radiotherapy of brain tumors with a steep dose gradient and precise real-time image-guided motion correction. Although RRS appears to cause more radiation necrosis (RN), the radiometabolic changes after RRS have not been fully clarified. 18F-FET-PET/CT is used to differentiate recurrent tumor (RT) from RN after radiosurgery when MRI findings are indecisive. We explored the usefulness of dynamic parameters derived from 18F-FET PET in differentiating RT from RN after Cyberknife treatment in a single-center study population. Methods We retrospectively identified brain tumor patients with static and dynamic 18F-FET-PET/CT for suspected RN after Cyberknife. Static (tumor-to-background ratio) and dynamic PET parameters (time-activity curve, time-to-peak) were quantified. Analyses were performed for all lesions taken together (TOTAL) and for brain metastases only (METS). Diagnostic accuracy of PET parameters (using mean tumor-to-background ratio >1.95 and time-to-peak of 20 min for RT as cut-offs) and their respective improvement of diagnostic probability were analyzed. Results Fourteen patients with 28 brain tumors were included in quantitative analysis. Time-activity curves alone provided the highest sensitivities (TOTAL: 95%, METS: 100%) at the cost of specificity (TOTAL: 50%, METS: 57%). Combined mean tumor-to-background ratio and time-activity curve had the highest specificities (TOTAL: 63%, METS: 71%) and led to the highest increase in diagnosis probability of up to 16% p. – versus 5% p. when only static parameters were used. Conclusions This preliminary study shows that combined dynamic and static 18F-FET PET/CT parameters can be used in differentiating RT from RN after RRS.
Author: | Winna Lim, Gueliz Acker, Juliane Hardt, Markus Kufeld, Anne Kluge, Winfried Brenner, Alfredo Conti, Volker Budach, Peter Vajkoczy, Carolin Senger, Vikas Prasad |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-24347 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-2434 |
DOI original: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctarc.2022.100583 |
ISSN: | 2468-2942 |
Parent Title (English): | Cancer Treatment and Research Communications |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2022 |
Publishing Institution: | Hochschule Hannover |
Release Date: | 2023/01/24 |
Tag: | 18F-FET-PET/CT; Amino acid PET; Cyberknife; Dynamic 18F-FET-PET/CT; Radiation necrosis; Robotic radiosurgery |
Volume: | 32 |
Article Number: | 100583 |
Link to catalogue: | 184014520X |
Institutes: | Fakultät III - Medien, Information und Design |
DDC classes: | 610 Medizin, Gesundheit |
Licence (German): | ![]() |