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Repeatability of quantitative FDG-PET/CT and contrast-enhanced CT in recurrent ovarian carcinoma: test-retest measurements for tumor FDG uptake, diameter, and volume.


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Rockall, Andrea G 
Avril, Norbert 
Lam, Raymond 
Iannone, Robert 
Mozley, P David 

Abstract

PURPOSE: Repeatability of baseline FDG-PET/CT measurements has not been tested in ovarian cancer. This dual-center, prospective study assessed variation in tumor 2[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) uptake, tumor diameter, and tumor volume from sequential FDG-PET/CT and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) in patients with recurrent platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Patients underwent two pretreatment baseline FDG-PET/CT (n = 21) and CECT (n = 20) at two clinical sites with different PET/CT instruments. Patients were included if they had at least one target lesion in the abdomen with a standardized uptake value (SUV) maximum (SUVmax) of ≥ 2.5 and a long axis diameter of ≥ 15 mm. Two independent reading methods were used to evaluate repeatability of tumor diameter and SUV uptake: on site and at an imaging clinical research organization (CRO). Tumor volume reads were only performed by CRO. In each reading set, target lesions were independently measured on sequential imaging. RESULTS: Median time between FDG-PET/CT was two days (range 1-7). For site reads, concordance correlation coefficients (CCC) for SUVmean, SUVmax, and tumor diameter were 0.95, 0.94, and 0.99, respectively. Repeatability coefficients were 16.3%, 17.3%, and 8.8% for SUVmean, SUVmax, and tumor diameter, respectively. Similar results were observed for CRO reads. Tumor volume CCC was 0.99 with a repeatability coefficient of 28.1%. CONCLUSIONS: There was excellent test-retest repeatability for FDG-PET/CT quantitative measurements across two sites and two independent reading methods. Cutoff values for determining change in SUVmean, SUVmax, and tumor volume establish limits to determine metabolic and/or volumetric response to treatment in platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer.

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Adult, Aged, Contrast Media, Female, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Humans, Image Enhancement, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Ovarian Neoplasms, Positron-Emission Tomography, Radiopharmaceuticals, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Tumor Burden

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Clin Cancer Res

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1078-0432
1557-3265

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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

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DSpace@Cambridge license
Sponsorship
Cancer Research UK (C14303/A17197)
Cancer Research UK (A10139)
Cancer Research UK (A15601)
This study was funded by Merck and Co.