Prognostic efficiency of interim 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-2848.2018.06.004
- VernacularTitle:化疗中期18F-FDG PET/CT显像对弥漫性大B细胞淋巴瘤的预后评估效能
- Author:
Maoqing JIANG
1
;
Ping CHEN
;
Xinzhong RUAN
;
Wenlan ZHOU
;
Hubing WU
;
Quanshi WANG
Author Information
1. 315010,宁波市第一医院核医学科
- Keywords:
Lymphoma,large B-cell,diffuse;
Drug therapy,combination;
Prognosis;
Positron-emission tomography;
Tomography,X-ray computed;
Deoxyglucose
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2018;38(6):395-398
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore whether the prognostic efficiency of international prognostic index (IPI) can be further improved by interim 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT.Methods A total of 185 patients (116 males,69 females;average age 49 years) with pathologically confirmed diffuse large Bcell lymphoma (DLBCL) from January 2004 to January 2014 were enrolled in this retrospective study.The risk was classified by IPI (0-2 was considered as low risk,3-5 was considered as high risk) and all patients underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT scan before and after 4 cycles of immunochemotherapy.Based on interim 18 F-FDG PET/CT imaging,5-point Deauville score was used to reclassify DLBCL patient into negative group and positive group,and the interpretations were evaluated for 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) rates.Kaplan-Meier analysis,log-rank test and Cox regression were used for data analysis.Results With a median follow-up of 27 (2-146) months,the 2-year PFS and OS rates were 60%(111/185) and 81%(150/185),respectively.A total of 114 patients were included in the low-risk group and 71 patients were in the high-risk group.Both 2-year PFS rates and OS rates between the 2 groups were statistically different:72%(82/114) vs 37%(26/71),x2=20.86,P<0.01;90%(103/114) vs 63%(45/71),x2=13.39,P<0.01.The interim PET/CT showed 113 patients with negative results and 72 patients with positive results,whose 2-year PFS rates and OS rates were also statistically different:82% (93/113) vs 24%(17/72),x2 =66.66,P<0.01;90%(102/113) vs 51%(37/72),x2 =33.11,P<0.01.In the low-risk group,85 patients were PET-negative and 29 patients were PET-positive.The 2-year PFS rates were 88% (75/85) and 31%(9/29),respectively (x2 =35.52,P<0.01).The 2-year OS rates were 96% (82/85) and 66%(19/29),respectively (x2 =11.88,P<0.01).In the high-risk group,28 patients were PET-negative and 43 patients were PET-positive.The 2-year PFS and OS rates were 64%(18/28) vs 19%(8/43;x2 =17.33,P<0.01) and 86%(24/28) vs 49%(21/43;x2=9.95,P<0.01),respectively.Conclusions Both IPI and interim 18F-FDG PET/CT have the prognostic value for patients with DLBCL.Interim 18F-FDG PET/CT can improve the prognostic efficiency of IPI.