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Contribution of (18)F-Fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine Positron Emission Tomography to Target Volume Delineation in Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Malignant Cranial Base Tumours: First Clinical Experience
Increased amino acid uptake has been demonstrated in intracerebral tumours and head and neck carcinomas of squamous cell origin. We investigated the potential impact of using (18)F-fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine ((18)F-FET)-PET/CT in addition to conventional imaging for gross tumour volume (GTV) delineation...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502864/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209892 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/412585 |
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author | Graf, Reinhold Plotkin, Michail Nyuyki, Fonyuy Wust, Peter Wurm, Reinhard Budach, Volker Brenner, Winfried Fahdt, Daniel |
author_facet | Graf, Reinhold Plotkin, Michail Nyuyki, Fonyuy Wust, Peter Wurm, Reinhard Budach, Volker Brenner, Winfried Fahdt, Daniel |
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description | Increased amino acid uptake has been demonstrated in intracerebral tumours and head and neck carcinomas of squamous cell origin. We investigated the potential impact of using (18)F-fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine ((18)F-FET)-PET/CT in addition to conventional imaging for gross tumour volume (GTV) delineation in stereotactic radiotherapy of skull base tumours. The study population consisted of 14 consecutive patients with cranial base tumours (10 with squamous cell histology, 4 others). All patients underwent a FET-PET/CT examination in addition to contrast-enhanced CT and 11 patients underwent MRI. All tumours and histologic types showed increased FET uptake. The GTV was defined by all voxels showing hyperintensity in MRI or CT (GTV(MRI/CT)) or enhancement in PET (GTV(PET)), forming a GTV(composite) that was used for the initial treatment fields. An additional volume of infiltrative growth outside the GTV(MRI/CT) of about 1.0 ± 2 cm(3) (5% of the conventional volume) was demonstrated by FET-PET only (GTV(PETplus)) with significant enlargement (>10% of GTV(MRI/CT)) in three patients. From existing data, we found correlation between cellular density and the standardized uptake value (SUV) of FET. We were able to substantially reduce the volume of escalated radiation dose (GTV(boost)) by 11 ± 2 cm(3) (24%) of the conventional volume. |
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spelling | pubmed-35028642012-12-03 Contribution of (18)F-Fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine Positron Emission Tomography to Target Volume Delineation in Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Malignant Cranial Base Tumours: First Clinical Experience Graf, Reinhold Plotkin, Michail Nyuyki, Fonyuy Wust, Peter Wurm, Reinhard Budach, Volker Brenner, Winfried Fahdt, Daniel Int J Mol Imaging Clinical Study Increased amino acid uptake has been demonstrated in intracerebral tumours and head and neck carcinomas of squamous cell origin. We investigated the potential impact of using (18)F-fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine ((18)F-FET)-PET/CT in addition to conventional imaging for gross tumour volume (GTV) delineation in stereotactic radiotherapy of skull base tumours. The study population consisted of 14 consecutive patients with cranial base tumours (10 with squamous cell histology, 4 others). All patients underwent a FET-PET/CT examination in addition to contrast-enhanced CT and 11 patients underwent MRI. All tumours and histologic types showed increased FET uptake. The GTV was defined by all voxels showing hyperintensity in MRI or CT (GTV(MRI/CT)) or enhancement in PET (GTV(PET)), forming a GTV(composite) that was used for the initial treatment fields. An additional volume of infiltrative growth outside the GTV(MRI/CT) of about 1.0 ± 2 cm(3) (5% of the conventional volume) was demonstrated by FET-PET only (GTV(PETplus)) with significant enlargement (>10% of GTV(MRI/CT)) in three patients. From existing data, we found correlation between cellular density and the standardized uptake value (SUV) of FET. We were able to substantially reduce the volume of escalated radiation dose (GTV(boost)) by 11 ± 2 cm(3) (24%) of the conventional volume. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3502864/ /pubmed/23209892 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/412585 Text en Copyright © 2012 Reinhold Graf et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Study Graf, Reinhold Plotkin, Michail Nyuyki, Fonyuy Wust, Peter Wurm, Reinhard Budach, Volker Brenner, Winfried Fahdt, Daniel Contribution of (18)F-Fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine Positron Emission Tomography to Target Volume Delineation in Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Malignant Cranial Base Tumours: First Clinical Experience |
title | Contribution of (18)F-Fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine Positron Emission Tomography to Target Volume Delineation in Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Malignant Cranial Base Tumours: First Clinical Experience |
title_full | Contribution of (18)F-Fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine Positron Emission Tomography to Target Volume Delineation in Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Malignant Cranial Base Tumours: First Clinical Experience |
title_fullStr | Contribution of (18)F-Fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine Positron Emission Tomography to Target Volume Delineation in Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Malignant Cranial Base Tumours: First Clinical Experience |
title_full_unstemmed | Contribution of (18)F-Fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine Positron Emission Tomography to Target Volume Delineation in Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Malignant Cranial Base Tumours: First Clinical Experience |
title_short | Contribution of (18)F-Fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine Positron Emission Tomography to Target Volume Delineation in Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Malignant Cranial Base Tumours: First Clinical Experience |
title_sort | contribution of (18)f-fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine positron emission tomography to target volume delineation in stereotactic radiotherapy of malignant cranial base tumours: first clinical experience |
topic | Clinical Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502864/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209892 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/412585 |
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