Evaluation of thoracic tumors with 18F‐FMT and 18F‐FDG PET‐CT: A clinicopathological study
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- 30 September 2008
- journal article
- early detection-and-diagnosis
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 124 (5), 1152-1160
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.24034
Abstract
L‐[3‐18F]‐α‐methyltyrosine (18F‐FMT) is an aminoacid tracer for positron emission tomography (PET). The aim of this study was to determine whether PET‐CT with 18F‐FMT provides additional information for the preoperative diagnostic workup as compared with 18F‐FDG PET. PET‐CT studies with 18F‐FMT and 18F‐FDG were performed as a part of the preoperative workup in 36 patients with histologically confirmed bronchial carcinoma, 6 patients with benign lesions and a patient with atypical carcinoid. Expression of L‐type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1), CD98, Ki‐67 labeling index, VEGF, CD31 and CD34 of the resected tumors were analyzed by immunohistochemical staining, and correlated with the uptake of PET tracers. For the detection of pulmonary malignant tumors, 18F‐FMT PET exhibited a sensitivity of 84% whereas the sensitivity for 18F‐FDG PET was 89% (p = 0.736). 18F‐FMT PET‐CT and 18F‐FDG PET‐CT agreed with pathological staging in 85 and 68%, respectively (p = 0.151). 18F‐FMT uptake was closely correlated with LAT1, CD98, cell proliferation and angiogenesis. The specificity of 18F‐FMT PET for diagnosing thoracic tumors was higher than that of 18F‐FDG PET. Our results suggest that coexpression of LAT1 and CD98 in addition to cell proliferation and angiogenesis is relavant for the progression and metastasis of lung cancer.Keywords
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