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Comparison of 18F-sodium fluoride uptake in the whole bone, pelvis, and femoral neck of multiple myeloma patients before and after high-dose therapy and conventional-dose chemotherapy.
- Source :
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging; Nov2020, Vol. 47 Issue 12, p2846-2855, 10p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Illustration, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Aim: To compare the effects of high-dose therapy (HDT consisting of high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation) and conventional-dose chemotherapy (non-HDT) on the uptake of <superscript>18</superscript>F-sodium fluoride (NaF) in the whole bone, pelvis, and femoral neck of multiple myeloma (MM) patients. Method: The data of 19 MM patients who received HDT (61.5 (SD 5.6) years) and 11 MM patients who received conventional-dose chemotherapy (70.9 (SD 7.2) years) were collected in a prospective study. NaF PET/CT imaging was performed at baseline, and 8 weeks and 2 weeks after treatment for the HDT group and the non-HDT group, respectively. A CT-based algorithm was applied to segment the bones, and the global mean SUV (GSUVmean) of the whole bone and pelvis was calculated (OsiriX MD v.9.0, Pixmeo SARL; Bernex, Switzerland). In addition, regions of interest for the whole, medial, and lateral femoral neck were delineated bilaterally. Whole bone and pelvis measurements were replicated by two observers. Results: The average GSUVmean in the whole bone and pelvis of the patients who underwent HDT significantly decreased from before to after treatment (− 16.27%, p = 0.02 and − 16.54%, p = 0.01, respectively). A significant decrease in the whole and lateral femoral neck was also observed bilaterally in the HDT group. No significant decrease in average GSUVmean was observed in the non-HDT group. A high level of inter-observer reliability was found in intra-class correlation (ICC for pre-treatment whole bone 0.983, post-treatment whole bone 0.989, pre-treatment whole pelvis 0.998, post-treatment whole pelvis 0.996). Conclusion: NaF uptake significantly decreased after treatment in patients who received high-dose therapy. A high level of agreement was observed between two operators for whole bone and pelvis measurements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BONES
MULTIPLE myeloma
PELVIS
STEM cell transplantation
CANCER chemotherapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16197070
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 146479559
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-04768-0