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  • Title: Predictive accuracy of lepidic growth subtypes in early-stage adenocarcinoma of the lung by quantitative CT histogram and FDG-PET.
    Author: Eriguchi D, Shimada Y, Imai K, Furumoto H, Okano T, Masuno R, Matsubayashi J, Kajiwara N, Ohira T, Ikeda N.
    Journal: Lung Cancer; 2018 Nov; 125():14-21. PubMed ID: 30429012.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyze the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) and F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/CT (FDG-PET/CT) to distinguish lepidic growth adenocarcinoma (LGA), including adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA), and lepidic-predominant adenocarcinoma, all of which have favorable survival outcomes, from the more aggressive and invasive non-LGA subtypes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We identified 225 patients with c-0/I adenocarcinoma of the lung who underwent PET/CT and 3DCT followed by complete resection. Maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax) of FDG and several histogram parameters were analyzed. Histological grades were classified according to the predominant subtype (G1: lepidic; G3: micropapillary or solid; and G2: subtypes other than G1/G3). RESULTS: The proportion of pathological invasive factors (lymphatic vessel involvement/blood vessel invasion/pleural invasion/lymph node metastasis) of patients with preinvasive adenocarcinoma, G1, G2, and G3 tumors were 0%, 3.6%, 48.0%, and 100%, respectively; p <  0.001). Multivariate analysis with CT-related parameters demonstrated that 75th percentile CT attenuation value (75th%, p <  0.001) and maximum CT attenuation value (maxCT, p =  0.009) were associated with incidence of non-LGA, whereas the value of SUVmax demonstrated a significant correlation (p <  0.001). When all patients were dichotomized according to ground-glass opacities (GGO)/solid-dominancy for CT maximum diameter, a significant correlation with non-LGA was shown in patients with solid-dominant tumor on SUVmax (p <  0.001) and with GGO-dominant tumor on 75th% (p =  0.006) and maxCT (p =  0.007). The combination of one of the two significant histogram parameters and SUVmax revealed higher predictive performance for pathological high malignant features (positive pathological invasive factors, non-LGA, and the highly malignant subtype covering G2 with moderately or poorly-differentiated carcinoma and G3) than the individual use of either factor. CONCLUSION: The 75th%, maxCT, and SUVmax were highly useful in distinguishing LGA from non-LGA in c-0/I adenocarcinoma.
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