The value of PET/CT imaging for detecting primary malignant tumor to patients with elevated serum CA19-9
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1372.2018.06.016
- VernacularTitle:PET/CT显像对血清CA19-9升高患者原发肿瘤诊断的意义
- Author:
Dongdong REN
1
;
Da SUN
;
Chunling REN
;
Jun YU
;
Yang LI
Author Information
1. 315100,宁波明州医院PET/CT中心
- Keywords:
Neoplasms/DI;
CA-19-9 antigen/BL;
Tomography,emission-computed;
Tomography,X-ray computed;
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
- From:
Journal of Chinese Physician
2018;20(6):865-868
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of malignant tumor of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomograprhy (18F-FDG PET/CT) imaging in the patients of elevated serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) and its correlation with maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and serum CA19-9 level.Methods Whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT scan was performed in 149 patients with elevated serum CA19-9 level without the history of malignancy.Blood sample was drawn in each case for CA19-9 assay two weeks or less before the performing PET/CT.Final diagnoses were confirmed by operation/biopsy pathological results and clinical follow-ups.Results Among the 149 patients,64 cases were finally diagnosed as malignancies and 85 cases of non-malignancy diseases.The true positive of the diagnoses by 18F-FDG PET/CT was 60 cases,the false positive 13 cases,the true negative 72 cases,the false negative 4 cases.The accuracy of diagnosis of malignant tumor with elevated serum CA19-9 was 43.0%,while elevated serum CA19-9 combined with 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging was 88.6%,with statistically significant difference (x2 =59.882,P < 0.05).The serum CA19-9 was divided into 4 groups according to the different levels of 37-100 U/ml,100-500 U/ml,500-1000 U/ml and > 1 000 U/ml.The diagnostic accuracy of each group of PET/CT was 94.5%,84.9%,81.3% and 88.0%,respectively.There was no statistically significant difference between each group (x2 =3.503,P > 0.05).The area under the curve (AUC) of the serum CA19-9 for the diagnosis of malignant tumor (ROC) was 0.726,and the sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic boundary value of 152.75 U/ml were 70.3% and 68.2%,respectively.The AUC of SUVmax in diagnosis of malignant tumor was 0.742,the best cutoff value was 6.95,and the sensitivity and specificity were 73.3%,69.2% respectively.Conclusions 18 F-FDG PET/CT is useful for detecting malignant tumors combined with serum tumor marker CA19-9.The patients with elevated serum CA19-9 are necessary to do PET/CT imaging,especially serum CA19-9 > 152.75 U/ml.And it should be considered malignant tumor when SUVmax > 6.95.