Role of metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and standardized uptake value(SUV) based parameters derived from whole body (WB) 18F-FDG PET/CT in prediction of overall survival (OS) in NSCLC

Conclusions: Baseline MTV based parameters evaluated from primary tumor as well as the whole body tumor lesions are reliable prognostic markers of OS in NSCLC patients. Also, among the post-therapy parameters and percentage changes, whole body MTV based parameters i.e. post-TLGwb and TLGwb can predict OS of NSCLC patients.However, SUV based whole body PET/CT parameters (SUVmax, SUVavg, and TBR) evaluated from baseline as well as post-therapy scans have no prognostic value in these patients.

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - May 20, 2019 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Kumar, R., Sharma, A., Mohan, A., Bhalla, A., Pandey, A., Thulkar, S., Patel, C. Tags: Lung Cancer Posters Source Type: research