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Effectiveness of FDG-PET in screening of synchronous cancer of other organs in patients with esophageal cancer.
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Anticancer research [Anticancer Res] 2014 Jan; Vol. 34 (1), pp. 283-7. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Aim: We investigated the significance of pre-treatment screening by (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (FDG-PET) in patients with esophageal cancer.<br />Patients and Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the clinical significance of screening in 200 patients with primary esophageal cancer using FDG-PET.<br />Results: Out of 200 patients, 34 (17%) had synchronous multiple primary tumors; 31 patients had two types of cancers (15.5%) and three patients had three types (1.5%). The 37 second and third primary tumors were 13 stomach cancers (35.1%), 13 head and neck cancers (35.1%), seven colon (18.9%) and two lung (5.4%) cancers. When PET was performed at initial treatment for esophageal cancer, the diagnostic sensitivity of FDG-PET/Computed tomography (CT) for the second and third synchronous primary cancer were 53.8% (7/13) for the stomach; head and neck, 61.5% (8/13); colon, 42.9% (3/7); and lung, 50% (1/2), for an overall sensitivity of 54.1% (20/37 sites).<br />Conclusion: FDG-PET/CT for patients with esophageal cancer may find both metastases from the primary esophageal cancer and other types of synchronous primary cancers.
- Subjects :
- Adenocarcinoma pathology
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell pathology
Esophageal Neoplasms pathology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary pathology
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Adenocarcinoma diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell diagnostic imaging
Esophageal Neoplasms diagnostic imaging
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary diagnostic imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiopharmaceuticals
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1791-7530
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Anticancer research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24403475