Evaluation of 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters for reflection of aggressiveness and prediction of prognosis in early-stage cervical cancer
Purpose
The aim of this study was to investigate the value of five typical fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography (CT) parameters (including SUVmax, SUVmean, SUVpeak, MTV and TLG) in the reflecting aggressiveness and predicting prognosis in patients with early-stage cervical cancer.
Patients and methods
Our study enrolled 85 primary cervical cancer patients who underwent preoperative fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scans. We investigated the association of five parameters derived from PET/CT with clinicopathological characteristics. Immunohistochemistry was utilized to evaluate the expression of glucose transporter protein-1 (GLUT-1), TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptosis regulator (TIGAR), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and the correlation between PET/CT parameters and the expression of GLUT-1, TIGAR, and VEGF was analyzed. In addition, we also investigated the correlation between disease-free survival of cervical cancer patients and PET/CT parameters.
Results
The mean peak standardized uptake value (SUV)peak showed significant differences between all three International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stages (P
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