Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study was designed to compare (201)Tl single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT with 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) PET/CT in diagnosing recurrent skull base nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
METHODS: Twenty-seven patients were recruited. Both (201)Tl SPECT/CT and (18)F-FDG PET/CT for each patient were performed at least 4 months later after initial therapy.
RESULTS: The sensitivity and specificity for (201)Tl SPECT/CT were 66.7% and 100%, and those for (18)F-FDG PET/CT were 86.7% and 75.0%. Lesion/background ratios were obtained for the 10 lesions that were both SPECT and PET true positive. For the 8 patients with recurrences in nasopharyngeal regions, PET lesion/background ratios were all higher than SPECT lesion/background ratios. For the 2 patients with intracranial metastases, SPECT lesion/background ratios were higher than PET lesion/background ratios.
CONCLUSION: (201)Tl SPECT/CT is as effective as (18)F-FDG PET/CT in detecting recurrent NPC. For intracranial recurrence, (201)Tl SPECT, because of its high intracranial lesion/background ratio, is probably better than (18)F-FDG PET.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 717-24 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Head and Neck |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
- Humans
- Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnostic imaging
- Positron-Emission Tomography/methods
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Probability
- Prospective Studies
- ROC Curve
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Skull Base/diagnostic imaging
- Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon/methods