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Comparison of changes in tumor metabolic activity and tumor size during chemotherapy of adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction.

Document type:
Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Wieder, HA; Beer, AJ; Lordick, F; Ott, K; Fischer, M; Rummeny, EJ; Ziegler, S; Siewer, JR; Schwaiger, M; Weber, WA
Abstract:
We evaluated the temporal relationship between chemotherapy-induced changes in tumor glucose use and tumor size. METHODS: Twenty patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) were studied by 18F-FDG PET and CT scans before neoadjuvant chemotherapy, 14 d after the initiation of therapy, and 4 wk after the completion of therapy. RESULTS: The relative change in 18F-FDG uptake was more than 2 times larger than the decrease in tumor size at all time points (P<0.01). At 14 d after the initiation of chemotherapy, there was no correlation between the reduction in 18F-FDG uptake and tumor wall thickness. The change in 18F-FDG uptake after 14 d of therapy was significantly correlated with the reduction in tumor size after the completion of therapy. CONCLUSION: In AEG, changes in tumor metabolism are a more sensitive parameter for assessing the effects of chemotherapy than are changes in tumor size. Early changes in metabolic activity predict the subsequent reduction in tumor size.
Journal title abbreviation:
J Nucl Med
Year:
2005
Journal volume:
46
Journal issue:
12
Pages contribution:
2029-34
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16330567
Print-ISSN:
0161-5505
TUM Institution:
Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik; III. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Hämatologie / Onkologie); Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin
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