Open AccessAssociation between volumetric analysis of lung metastases on F-18-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and short-term progression after i-131 therapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma
Author(s) -
Yasuhiro Maruoka,
Shingo Baba,
Takuro Isoda,
Yoshihisa Kitamura,
Koichiro Abe,
Masayuki Sasaki,
Hiroshi Honda
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_43_17
Subject(s) - medicine , standardized uptake value , positron emission tomography , nuclear medicine , thyroid carcinoma , thyroid cancer , predictive value , radiology , thyroid
Lung metastases (LMs) and their radioiodine uptake affect prognosis in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). We herein investigate the value of metabolic tumor volume (MTV) in LMs on positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) using 2-[F-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-18 FDG PET/CT) in predicting short-term progression after initial I-131 therapy in DTC patients.