Comparison of 68Ga PET/CT to other imaging studies in Medullary Thyroid Cancer: superiority in detecting bone metastases

Comparison of 68Ga PET/CT to other imaging studies in Medullary Thyroid Cancer: superiority in detecting bone metastases

Persistent disease after surgery is common in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), requiring lifelong radiological surveillance. Staging workup includes imaging of neck, chest, abdomen, and bones. A study integrating all sites would be ideal. Despite the established use of gallium-68 (68Ga) positron emis...

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Published in:The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism Vol. 103; no. 9; pp. 3250 - 3259
Main Authors: Castroneves, Luciana Audi, Coura Filho, George, de Freitas, Ricardo Miguel Costa, Salles, Raphael, Moyses, Raquel Ajub, Lopez, Rossana Veronica Mendoza, Pereira, Maria Adelaide Albergaria, Tavares, Marcos Roberto, Jorge, Alexsander Augusto de Lima, Buchpiguel, Carlos Alberto, Hoff, Ana Oliveira
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Copyright Oxford University Press 01-09-2018
Oxford University Press
Subjects:
Abdomen
Bone cancer
Bone imaging
Bone lesions
Bone surgery
Bone tumors
Chest
Computed tomography
Gallium
Lymph nodes
Magnetic resonance imaging
Metastases
Metastasis
Neck
Neuroendocrine tumors
Positron emission tomography
Somatostatin
Somatostatin receptors
Thyroid cancer
Tomography
Tumors
Ultrasound
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Summary:Persistent disease after surgery is common in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), requiring lifelong radiological surveillance. Staging workup includes imaging of neck, chest, abdomen, and bones. A study integrating all sites would be ideal. Despite the established use of gallium-68 (68Ga) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT with somatostatin analogues in most neuroendocrine tumors, its efficacy is controversial in MTC. Evaluate the efficacy of 68Ga PET/CT in detecting MTC lesions and evaluate tumor expression of somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) associated with 68Ga PET/CT findings. Prospective study evaluating 30 patients with MTC [group 1 (n = 16), biochemical disease; group 2 (n = 14), metastatic disease]. Patients underwent 68Ga PET/CT, bone scan, CT and ultrasound of the neck, CT of the chest, CT/MRI of the abdomen, and MRI of the spine. 68Ga PET/CT findings were analyzed by disease site as positive or negative and as concordant or discordant with conventional studies. Sensitivity and specificity were calculated using pathological or cytological analysis or unequivocal identification by standard imaging studies. Immunohistochemical analysis of SSTRs was compared with 68Ga PET/CT findings. In both groups, 68Ga PET/CT was inferior to currently used imaging studies except for bone scan. In group 2, 68Ga PET/CT sensitivities were 56%, 57%, and 9% for detecting neck lymph nodes, lung metastases, and liver metastases, respectively, and 100% for bone metastases, superior to the bone scan (44%). Expression of SSTRs, observed in 44% of tumors, was not associated with 68Ga-DOTATATE uptake. 68Ga PET/CT does not provide optimal whole-body imaging as a single procedure in patients with MTC. However, it is highly sensitive in detecting bone lesions and could be a substitute for a bone scan and MRI.
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ISSN:0021-972X
1945-7197
DOI:10.1210/jc.2018-00193