Abstract:
Objective To investigate the value of volume metabolic parameters in 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in predicting the prognosis of newly diagnosed extensive (ES) and limited (LS) small cell lung cancer (SCLC) .
Methods 118 patients with SCLC (76 ES-SCLC patients、42 LS-SCLC patients) who were newly diagnosed in the first affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2019 to December 2020 were analyzed retrospectively.The clinical data, volume metabolic parameters of 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging and immunohistochemical results of puncture pathology were collected.Including sex, age, smoking history, weight loss, serum CEA, serum NSE, primary focus SUVmax, sum of whole body MTV (wbMTV) and sum of whole body TLG (wbTLG) , TTF-1, Ki-67, etc.The overall survival (OS) was followed up, and Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze the prognostic factors of OS.
Results The median survival time of 76 patients with ES-SCLC was 15.0 (95%CI: 13.1~16.9) months, and that of 42 patients with LS-SCLC was 20.0 (95%CI:11.5~28.5) months. There was significant difference in median survival time between the two groups (Z=−2.224, P=0.026) .Univariate analysis showed that wbMTV2.5 (=6.01, P=0.014) , wbTLG2.5 (=7.45, P=0.006) , serum CEA (=8.01, P=0.005) , and age (=4.328, P=0.037) were the influencing factors of OS in ES-SCLC patients.SUVmax (=3.90, P=0.048) , wbMTV2.5 (=3.86, P=0.049) , serum CEA (=7.93, P=0.005) were the influencing factors of OS in LS-SCLC patients.
Conclusion 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters have certain predictive reference value for the prognosis of SCLC patients. wbMTV2.5 and wbTLG2.5 serve as independent prognostic factors for OS in ES-SCLC patients and can provide a basis for personalized treatment of SCLC..