% 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”. @MISC{Ceccon:908208, author = {Ceccon, Garry and Lohmann, Philipp and Tscherpel, Caroline and Dunkl, Veronika and Rapp, Marion and Stoffels, Gabriele and Herrlinger, Ulrich and Rosen, Jurij and Wollring, Michael and Shah, Nadim J and Fink, Gereon R and Langen, Karl-Josef and Galldiks, Norbert}, title = {{NIMG}-79. {EARLY} {TREATMENT} {RESPONSE} {ASSESSMENT} {USING} {O}-(2-18{F}-{FLUOROETHYL})-{L}-{TYROSINE} ({FET}) {PET} {COMPARED} {TO} {MRI} {IN} {MALIGNANT} {GLIOMAS} {TREATED} {WITH} {ADJUVANT} {TEMOZOLOMIDE} {CHEMOTHERAPY}}, issn = {1523-5866}, reportid = {FZJ-2022-02459}, year = {2018}, abstract = {AbstractBACKGROUNDThe goal of this prospective study was to compare the value of conventional MRI and O-(2-18F-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET) PET for response assessment in patients with malignant glioma treated with first-line adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy (TMZ).METHODSAfter biopsy/resection and completion of radiotherapy with concomitant temozolomide, 34 malignant glioma patients (glioblastoma, n=31; IDH-wildtype anaplastic astrocytoma, n=2; H3K27-mutated midline glioma, n=1) (age range, 20–66 years) were subsequently treated with adjuvant TMZ (5/28). FET-PET scans were performed at baseline and after 10–12 weeks. The first follow-up MRI after radiotherapy (9 ± 3 weeks) was compared with the early postoperative MRI. We obtained FET metabolic tumor volumes (MTV) and tumor/brain ratios (TBR). Threshold values of FET-PET parameters for treatment response were established by ROC analyses using the progression-free survival (PFS) ≤/>9 months as reference. MRI response assessment was based on RANO criteria. The predictive ability of FET-PET thresholds and MRI changes on early response assessment was evaluated subsequently concerning PFS using univariate survival estimates.RESULTSRelative TBR changes were not predictive for a PFS>9 months (P>0.05), whereas the absolute MTV at follow-up significantly predicted a PFS>9 months (P=0.016; threshold, 14.5 ml). The relative MTV change enabled the most significant PFS prediction. Responders defined by relative MTV changes (threshold, $≤0\%)$ had a significantly 2-fold longer PFS than non-responders (16 vs. 8 months, P=0.003). RANO criteria at the first follow-up MRI after radiotherapy were not predictive for a PFS>9 months (P=0.260). CONCLUSIONS: FET-PET appears to be useful for identifying responders to adjuvant TMZ early after treatment initiation.}, cin = {INM-4 / INM-11 / JARA-BRAIN}, ddc = {610}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-4-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)INM-11-20170113 / I:(DE-Juel1)VDB1046}, pnm = {5253 - Neuroimaging (POF4-525)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5253}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)4}, doi = {10.1093/neuonc/noy148.801}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/908208}, }