Diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer
1. PET/CT-MRI Center, the Tumor Hospital Affiliated to Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China;
2. PET/CT Center of Department of Nuclear Medicine, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Yangzhou Jiangsu 225001, China
Abstract:Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET/CT in axillary lymph node(ALN) metastasis of patients with breast cancer. Methods: We retrospectively analysed the clinical and PET/CT data of 48 breast cancer patients who were pathologically proven. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy were calculated respectively according to the pathological results. Receiver-operating-characteristic(ROC) curve was used to find out the cut-off value of imaging parameters for diagnosing ALN metastasis. Besides, χ2 test was used to assess the diagnostic values of PET/CT in invasive ductal carcinoma(IDC) and invasive lobular carcinoma(ILC). Results: Of the 48 breast cancer patients, 29 patients had pathologically confirmed ALN metastasis. In person and lesion unit, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predicted value, negative predicted value and accuracy of PET/CT were 86.21%, 84.21%, 89.23%, 80.00%, 85.52% and 61.68%, 98.26%, 94.96%, 82.81%, 85.55% respectively. No statistical difference was found between the diagnostic values of PET/CT in ALN metastasis in IDC and ILC patients. ROC curve showed that the cut-off values of the short axis and SUVmax of ALN for predicting metastasis were 6.5 mm (sensitivity was 66.82%, specificity was 89.30%, accuracy was 81.49%) and 1.1(sensitivity was 91.12%, specificity was 95.27%, accuracy was 93.83%) respectively, in which SUVmax had the better relationship with metastasis of ALN. Assess all the ALN again according to the standards of short axis≥6.5 cm and SUVmax≥1.1 simutaneously, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were 50.46%, 99.00% and 82.14%. Conclusion: The specificity and accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT in predicting ALN metastasis in breast cancer patients are relatively high, as well as the sensitivity in patient unit, while in lesion unit, the sensitivity is relatively low. The diagnostic values of PET/CT in ALN metastasis of IDC and ILC patients have no statistical difference. We consider that the standard of SUVmax=1.1 had the best prognostic value, which might be used as an optimal criteria.
李雪艳1,段 钰2,于丽娟1. 18F-FDG PET/CT在乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结转移上的诊断价值[J]. 中国临床医学影像杂志, 2016, 27(4): 243-247.
LI Xue-yan1, DUAN Yu2, YU Li-juan1. Diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer. JOURNAL OF CHINA MEDICAL IMAGING, 2016, 27(4): 243-247.
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