1. Qualitative flow metabolic phenotype of pancreatic cancer. A new prognostic biomarker?
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Riviere, Deniece, Aarntzen, Erik, van Geenen, Erwin, Chang, David, de Geus-Oei, Lioe-Fee, Brosens, Lodewijk, van Laarhoven, Kees, Gotthardt, Martin, and Hermans, John
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PANCREATIC cancer , *PANCREATIC duct , *PHENOTYPES , *OVERALL survival , *MULTIVARIATE analysis - Abstract
Retrospective analysis to investigate the relationship between the flow-metabolic phenotype and overall survival (OS) of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and its potential clinical utility. Patients with histopathologically proven PDAC between 2005 and 2014 using tumor attenuation on routine pre-operative CECT as a surrogate for the vascularity and [18F]FDG-uptake as a surrogate for metabolic activity on [18F]FDG-PET. In total, 93 patients (50 male, 43 female, median age 63) were included. Hypoattenuating PDAC with high [18F]FDG-uptake has the poorest prognosis (median OS 7 ± 1 months), compared to hypoattenuating PDAC with low [18F]FDG-uptake (median OS 11 ± 3 months; p = 0.176), iso- or hyperattenuating PDAC with high [18F]FDG-uptake (median OS 15 ± 5 months; p = 0.004) and iso- or hyperattenuating PDAC with low [18F]FDG-uptake (median OS 23 ± 4 months; p = 0.035). In multivariate analysis, surgery combined with tumor differentiation, tumor stage, systemic therapy and flow metabolic phenotype remained independent predictors for overall survival. The novel qualitative flow-metabolic phenotype of PDAC using a combination of CECT and [18F]FDG-PET features, predicted significantly worse survival for hypoattenuating-high uptake pancreatic cancers compared to the other phenotypes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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