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ArticleWiener klinische Wochenschrift2021

Multimodal assessment of disease activity in glioblastoma : A single center experience.

Alexander Tinchon, Franz Marhold, Bernadette Calabek-Wohinz, Katharina Hainz, Martina Tesar-Pelz, Gregory Minear, Elisabeth Freydl, Katrin Blauensteiner, Gertraud Heinz, Stefan Oberndorfer

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Article in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Alexander TinchonDepartment of Neurology, Unit for Neurooncology, University Hospital of St. Pölten-KLPU, St. Pölten, Austria.
Franz MarholdDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of St. Pölten-KLPU, St. Pölten, Austria.
Bernadette Calabek-WohinzDepartment of Neurology, Unit for Neurooncology, University Hospital of St. Pölten-KLPU, St. Pölten, Austria.
Katharina HainzDepartment of Neurology, Unit for Neurooncology, University Hospital of St. Pölten-KLPU, St. Pölten, Austria.
Martina Tesar-PelzDepartment of Neurology, Unit for Neurooncology, University Hospital of St. Pölten-KLPU, St. Pölten, Austria.
Gregory MinearDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of St. Pölten-KLPU, St. St. Pölten, Austria.
Elisabeth FreydlDepartment of Neurology, Unit for Neurooncology, University Hospital of St. Pölten-KLPU, St. Pölten, Austria.
Katrin BlauensteinerDepartment of Neurology, Unit for Neurooncology, University Hospital of St. Pölten-KLPU, St. Pölten, Austria.
Gertraud HeinzDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital of St. Pölten-KLPU, St. Pölten, Austria.
Stefan OberndorferDepartment of Neurology, Unit for Neurooncology, University Hospital of St. Pölten-KLPU, St. Pölten, Austria. stefan.oberndorfer@stpoelten.lknoe.at.

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Abstract

backgroundAssessment of disease activity in glioblastoma (GBM) can be challenging due to several clinical and radiological pitfalls. Besides MRI, FET-PET and neurocognitive assessment (NA) are used in several neuro-oncological centers in order to improve the specificity of response assessment. We performed a retrospective study to investigate whether the assessment by RANO (Response Assessment in NeuroOncology) corresponds to FET-PET imaging and NA results. Moreover, the concordance of RANO with a final recommendation of an interdisciplinary neuro-oncological tumor board recommendation (TBR) was analyzed.

methodsWe enrolled 25 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed histologically confirmed GBM in a pilot study, accounting for 81 multimodal test results. All patients were selected after undergoing consecutive follow-up comprising MRI, FET-PET, and NA with a subsequent TBR. Results were analyzed for correlations between RANO, FET-PET and NA. An additional consistency analysis was performed to elucidate the impact of RANO on decision making.

resultsA highly statistically significant correlation was found between RANO and FET-PET and NA results (all P < 0.01); however, 26% of follow-up tests exhibited inconsistent results in multimodal assessment, among which RANO was only 48% in accordance with the final TBR. The concordance of NA and FET-PET with the final TBR was 67% and 86%, respectively.

conclusionThe RANO proved its value in the context of multimodal assessment of disease activity in GBM; however, because the implementation of multimodal assessment showed a considerably high percentage of inconsistent results, further studies are required to investigate the relationship between different assessment techniques, in addition to their overall significance to response rating.

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPilot ProjectsPositron-Emission TomographyRetrospective StudiesTyrosineTyrosineFET-PETGlioblastomaMRINeurocognitive assessmentRANO (Response Assessment in Neurooncology)Tumor board

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