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@ARTICLE{Galldiks:22779,
author = {Galldiks, N. and Stoffels, G. and Filss, C.P. and Piroth,
M.D. and Sabel, M. and Ruge, M.I. and Herzog, H. and Shah,
N.J. and Fink, G.R. and Coenen, H.H. and Langen, K.J.},
title = {{R}ole of {O}-(2-18 {F}-{F}luoroethyl)-{L}-{T}yrosine {PET}
for differentiation of local recurrent brain metastasis from
radiation necrosis},
journal = {Journal of nuclear medicine},
volume = {53},
number = {9},
issn = {0161-5505},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {Society of Nuclear Medicine},
reportid = {PreJuSER-22779},
pages = {1367-1374},
year = {2012},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of
O-(2-(18)F-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine ((18)F-FET) PET for
differentiating local recurrent brain metastasis from
radiation necrosis after radiation therapy because the use
of contrast-enhanced MRI for this issue is often
difficult.Thirty-one patients (mean age ± SD, 53 ± 11 y)
with single or multiple contrast-enhancing brain lesions (n
= 40) on MRI after radiation therapy of brain metastases
were investigated with dynamic (18)F-FET PET. Maximum and
mean tumor-to-brain ratios (TBR(max) and TBR(mean),
respectively; 20-40 min after injection) of (18)F-FET uptake
were determined. Time-activity curves were generated, and
the time to peak (TTP) was calculated. Furthermore,
time-activity curves of each lesion were assigned to one of
the following curve patterns: (I) constantly increasing
(18)F-FET uptake, (II) (18)F-FET uptake peaking early (TTP
≤ 20 min) followed by a plateau, and (III) (18)F-FET
uptake peaking early (TTP ≤ 20 min) followed by a constant
descent. The diagnostic accuracy of the TBR(max) and
TBR(mean) of (18)F-FET uptake and the curve patterns for the
correct identification of recurrent brain metastasis were
evaluated by receiver-operating-characteristic analyses or
Fisher exact test for 2 × 2 contingency tables using
subsequent histologic analysis (11 lesions in 11 patients)
or clinical course and MRI findings (29 lesions in 20
patients) as reference.Both TBR(max) and TBR(mean) were
significantly higher in patients with recurrent metastasis
(n = 19) than in patients with radiation necrosis (n = 21)
(TBR(max), 3.2 ± 0.9 vs. 2.3 ± 0.5, P < 0.001; TBR(mean),
2.1 ± 0.4 vs. 1.8 ± 0.2, P < 0.001). The diagnostic
accuracy of (18)F-FET PET for the correct identification of
recurrent brain metastases reached $78\%$ using TBR(max)
(area under the ROC curve [AUC], 0.822 ± 0.07; sensitivity,
$79\%;$ specificity, $76\%;$ cutoff, 2.55; P = 0.001),
$83\%$ using TBR(mean) (AUC, 0.851 ± 0.07; sensitivity,
$74\%;$ specificity, $90\%;$ cutoff, 1.95; P < 0.001), and
$92\%$ for curve patterns II and III versus curve pattern I
(sensitivity, $84\%;$ specificity, $100\%;$ P < 0.0001). The
highest accuracy $(93\%)$ to diagnose local recurrent
metastasis was obtained when both a TBR(mean) greater than
1.9 and curve pattern II or III were present (AUC, 0.959 ±
0.03; sensitivity, $95\%;$ specificity, $91\%;$ P <
0.001).Our findings suggest that the combined evaluation of
the TBR(mean) of (18)F-FET uptake and the pattern of the
time-activity curve can differentiate local brain metastasis
recurrence from radionecrosis with high accuracy. (18)F-FET
PET may thus contribute significantly to the management of
patients with brain metastases.},
keywords = {Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Biological Transport / Brain
Neoplasms: metabolism / Brain Neoplasms: radionuclide
imaging / Brain Neoplasms: secondary / Diagnosis,
Differential / Humans / Male / Middle Aged / Necrosis:
metabolism / Necrosis: radionuclide imaging / Neoplasm
Recurrence, Local: metabolism / Neoplasm Recurrence, Local:
radionuclide imaging / Positron-Emission Tomography / ROC
Curve / Radiation Injuries: metabolism / Radiation Injuries:
radionuclide imaging / Tyrosine: analogs $\&$ derivatives /
Tyrosine: diagnostic use / Tyrosine: metabolism / Young
Adult / O-(2-fluoroethyl)tyrosine (NLM Chemicals) / Tyrosine
(NLM Chemicals) / J (WoSType)},
cin = {INM-3 / INM-4 / INM-5},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)INM-4-20090406 /
I:(DE-Juel1)INM-5-20090406},
pnm = {Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems (FUEK409) /
89572 - (Dys-)function and Plasticity (POF2-89572)},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK409 / G:(DE-HGF)POF2-89572},
shelfmark = {Radiology, Nuclear Medicine $\&$ Medical Imaging},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:22872742},
UT = {WOS:000308685100019},
doi = {10.2967/jnumed.112.103325},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/22779},
}