Buscar en
Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (English Edition)
Toda la web
Inicio Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (English Edition) Prognostic value of haematological parameters and [18F]FDG PET/CT metabolic para...
Journal Information
Vol. 43. Issue 1.
Pages 31-38 (January - February 2024)
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Visits
7
Vol. 43. Issue 1.
Pages 31-38 (January - February 2024)
Original Article
Prognostic value of haematological parameters and [18F]FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters in head and neck cancer
Valor pronóstico de los parámetros hematológicos y los parámetros metabólicos de la PET/TC con [18F]FDG en el cáncer de cabeza y cuello
Visits
7
Álvaro Baena Garcíaa, Jose Rafael Infante de la Torrea, Raquel Barco Carboneroa, Andrés Martínez Estevea, Victoria Vera Barraganb, Justo Serrano Vicentea,
Corresponding author
justo.serrano@salud-juntaex.es

Corresponding author.
, Pedro Jiménez Graneroa, Ana Utrera Costeroa
a Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Carretera de Portugal s/n, E-06080 Badajoz, Spain
b Servicio de Oncología Radioterápica, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Carretera de Portugal s/n, E-06080 Badajoz, Spain
This item has received
Article information
Abstract
Full Text
Bibliography
Download PDF
Statistics
Figures (3)
Show moreShow less
Tables (5)
Table 1. Characteristics of the patients, tumoral lesions and blood and metabolic parameters.
Table 2. Cox regression model for overall survival, cancer-specific survival and progression-free survival. The multivariant anaysis only included statistically significant parameters.
Table 3. Cut-offs in receiver operating characteristic curves and their significance for blood and metabolic parameters in relation to overall survival, cancer-specific survival and progression-free survival.
Table 4. Kaplan–Meier survival analysis for the different parameters and in relation to the three survival values. p Values.
Table 5. Correlations between blood and metabolic parameters.
Show moreShow less
Abstract
Aim

To determine the usefulness of neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) and platelet/lymphocyte (P/L) ratios as well as quantitative [18F]FDG PET/CT parameters as prognostic factors for overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HyN).

Material and methods

Sixty-six patients (56 men) diagnosed with HyN carcinoma were retrospectively assessed over an 8-year interval. Maximum SUV (SUVmax), metabolic tumour volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) parameters were determined from the PET/CT study at diagnosis. After treatment with chemoradiotherapy, patient survival was assessed. The Cox regression model and the Kaplan–Meier method were used to analyse prognostic factors and survival curves.

Results

Median follow-up was 50.4 months, with 39 recurrences-progressions and 39 deaths. In the univariate analysis, metabolic parameters, except SUVmax, were predictive factors for all three survivals and the two blood parameters were predictive for OS and EFS. TLG was the only predictive factor in the multivariate analysis. The three survival curves were significantly different for the metabolic parameters and the OS curve for the N/L ratio. Correlations were seen between N/L ratio, MTV and TLG. No correlations were demonstrated between P/L ratio and metabolic parameters.

Conclusion

The use of haematological and metabolic markers would allow to identify patients with a high risk of recurrences and por survival and to individualise treatment by applying more aggressive therapies.

Keywords:
PET/CT
Head and neck cancer
SUVmax
MTV
TLG
Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio
Platelet-lymphocyte ratio
Resumen
Objetivo

Determinar la utilidad de los cocientes neutrófilos/linfocitos (N/L) y plaquetas/linfocitos (P/L) así como de parámetros cuantitativos de la PET/TC con [18F]FDG como factores pronósticos para la supervivencia global (SG), supervivencia cáncer específica (SCE) y supervivencia libre de progresión (SLP) en pacientes con carcinoma escamoso de cabeza y cuello (CyC).

Material y métodos

Se valoraron retrospectivamente 66 pacientes (56 hombres) diagnosticados de CyC durante un intervalo de 8 años. Se determinaron los parámetros SUV máximo (SUVmax), volumen metabólico tumoral (MTV) y glucólisis tumoral total (TLG) del estudio PET/TC al diagnóstico. Tras tratamiento con quimiorradioterapia, se valoró la supervivencia de los pacientes. El modelo de regresión de Cox y el método de Kaplan-Meier se utilizaron para analizar factores pronósticos y curvas de supervivencia.

Resultados

El seguimiento medio fue de 50,4 meses, produciéndose 39 recurrencias- progresiones y 39 fallecimientos. En el análisis univariante los parámetros metabólicos, excepto el SUVmax, fueron factores predictivos para las tres supervivencias y los dos parámetros sanguíneos lo fueron para la SG y la SCE. La TLG fue el único factor predictivo en el análisis multivariante. Las tres curvas de supervivencias fueron significativamente diferentes para los parámetros metabólicos y la curva de SG para el cociente N/L. Se apreciaron correlaciones entre el cociente N/L, el MTV y la TLG. No se demostraron correlaciones entre el cociente P/L y los parámetros metabólicos.

Conclusión

El uso de marcadores hematológicos y metabólicos permitiría identificar pacientes con un alto riesgo de recurrencias y pobre supervivencia e individualizar el tratamiento aplicando terapias más agresivas.

Palabras clave:
PET/TC
Neoplasia de cabeza y cuello
SUVmax
MTV
TLG
Cociente neutrófilos-linfocitos
Cociente plaquetas-linfocitos

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (English Edition)
Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Subscribe
Subscribe to

Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (English Edition)

Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
E-mail
Article options
Tools
es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos