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Trial reportPloS one2019

Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography integrated with computed tomography in carcinoma of the cervix: Its impact on accurate staging and the predictive role of its metabolic parameters.

Ismaheel O Lawal, Thabo Lengana, Charl Janse van Rensburg, Florette Reyneke, Gbenga O Popoola, Alfred O Ankrah, Mike M Sathekge

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Trial report in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ismaheel O LawalDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4273-040X
Thabo LenganaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Charl Janse van RensburgBiostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa.
Florette ReynekeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Gbenga O PopoolaDepartment of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Alfred O AnkrahDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Mike M SathekgeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2806-0625
University of Pretoria · ZASouth African Medical Research Council · ZAUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLUniversity of Ilorin · NG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo determine the impact of FDG-PET/CT in the initial staging of cervical cancer among women with and without HIV and to determine the abilities of FDG-PET/CT metabolic parameters in predicting the presence of distant metastasis.

methodsWe reviewed the FDG-PET/CT images of women with FIGO stage IB2 to IVA carcinoma of the cervix. We compared the FIGO stage before and after FDG-PET/CT. Maximum and mean standardized uptake values (SUVmax and SUVmean), metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) of the primary lesion were determined. We compared these parameters between the HIV-infected and uninfected woman and also determined their abilities to predict the presence of distant metastasis.

results126 women, mean age 48.05 ± 11.80 years were studied. Seventy-three patients were HIV-infected. The disease was upstaged in 65 patients, 32 of which were upstaged to stage IVB. HIV-infected women were younger (43.36 ± 8.03 years versus 54.51 ± 13.12, p<0.001) and had more advanced disease (p = 0.022) compared with HIV-uninfected. In a univariate logistic regression adjusted for the FIGO stage of the disease, there were significant associations between MTV and TLG of the primary tumor and distant metastasis. SUVmax, SUVmean, MTV and TLG performed well in predicting the presence of distant metastasis with areas under the curves (AUCs) of 0.63, 0.66, 0.80 and 0.77 respectively. These performances improved after adjustment for the FIGO stage of the disease with AUCs of 0.80, 0.79, 0.84 and 0.82 for SUVmax, SUVmean, MTV and TLG respectively.

conclusionInclusion of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in the pre-therapy assessment of cervical cancer improves the accuracy of staging in about half of the patients. The metabolic parameters of the primary tumor perform well in predicting the presence of distant metastases.

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GlycolysisPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyTomography, X-Ray ComputedUterine Cervical NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingRadiopharmaceuticalsFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals

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PMID30998728
PMCPMC6472757
OpenAlexW2937837225

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