% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Friedrich:1041408, author = {Friedrich, Michel and Werner, Jan-Michael and Steinbach, Joachim P and Sabel, Michael and Herrlinger, Ulrich and Piroth, Marc and Stoffels, Gabriele and Filss, Christian P and Lohmann, Philipp and Shah, Nadim J and Ruge, Maximilian I and Mottaghy, Felix M and Goldbrunner, Roland and Langen, Karl-Josef and Fink, Gereon R and Kocher, Martin and Galldiks, Norbert}, title = {{F}unctional connectivity between tumor region and resting-state networks as imaging biomarker for overall survival in recurrent gliomas diagnosed by {O} -(2-[18{F}]fluoroethyl)- l -tyrosine {PET}}, journal = {Neuro-oncology advances}, volume = {7}, number = {1}, issn = {2632-2498}, address = {Oxford}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, reportid = {FZJ-2025-02236}, pages = {vdaf023}, year = {2025}, note = {This open-access publication is funded by the DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation,contract number 491111487).}, abstract = {BackgroundAmino acid PET using the tracer O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-l-tyrosine (FET) is one of the most reliable imaging methods for detecting glioma recurrence. Here, we hypothesized that functional MR connectivity between the metabolic active recurrent tumor region and resting-state networks of the brain could serve as a prognostic imaging biomarker for overall survival (OS).MethodsThe study included 82 patients (26–81 years; median Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance score, 0) with recurrent gliomas following therapy (WHO-CNS 2021 grade 4 glioblastoma, n = 57; grade 3 or 4 astrocytoma, n = 12; grade 2 or 3 oligodendroglioma, n = 13) diagnosed by FET PET simultaneously acquired with functional resting-state MR. Functional connectivity (FC) was assessed between tumor regions and 7 canonical resting-state networks.ResultsWHO tumor grade and IDH mutation status were strong predictors of OS after recurrence (P < .001). Overall FC between tumor regions and networks was highest in oligodendrogliomas and was inversely related to tumor grade (P = .031). FC between the tumor region and the dorsal attention network was associated with longer OS (HR, 0.88; $95\%CI,$ 0.80–0.97; P = .007), and showed an independent association with OS (HR, 0.90; $95\%CI,$ 0.81–0.99; P = .033) in a model including clinical factors, tumor volume and MGMT. In the glioblastoma subgroup, tumor volume and FC between the tumor and the visual network (HR, 0.90; $95\%CI,$ 0.82–0.99, P = .031) were independent predictors of survival.ConclusionsRecurrent gliomas exhibit significant FC to resting-state networks of the brain. Besides tumor type and grade, high FC between the tumor and distinct networks could serve as independent prognostic factors for improved OS in these patients.}, cin = {INM-3}, ddc = {610}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406}, pnm = {5252 - Brain Dysfunction and Plasticity (POF4-525) / DFG project G:(GEPRIS)491111487 - Open-Access-Publikationskosten / 2025 - 2027 / Forschungszentrum Jülich (OAPKFZJ) (491111487)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5252 / G:(GEPRIS)491111487}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {40084168}, UT = {WOS:001443909500001}, doi = {10.1093/noajnl/vdaf023}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1041408}, }