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Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT for Patients with Suspected Recurrence from Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China; ² Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China; ³ Department of Oncology, Shandong Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong Province, China; and ⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

View larger version (54K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIGURE 1.  A 49-y-old male patient with ESCC complained of discomfort of retrosternal burning after esophagectomy. PET/CT scan 4 mo after surgery demonstrated on fusion (A) and serial PET (B) images a positive focus suggestive of recurrence at esophagogastric anastomosis (SUV = 9.8); the lesion was shown to be FP by repeated endoscopy with biopsy.

View larger version (47K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIGURE 2.  Whole-body PET/CT in 65-y-old man who received irradiation of primary tumor in upper segment of esophagus and regional lymph nodes in supraclavicular and upper mediastinal area. PET/CT displayed multifocal recurrence. (A) Increased 18F-FDG accumulation remained at primary tumor site (SUV = 6.1), indicating tumor residual disease. (B) Mild focal uptake exhibited in a supraclavicular lymph node with a minor SUV of 2.1. This lesion was subsequently confirmed as malignant by biopsy. (C) Area of abnormally increased uptake was also visible at a left paratracheal lymph node (SUV = 7.8), which proved to be metastatic on follow-up.

View larger version (15K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIGURE 3.  Kaplan–Meier curves of OS for 2 subgroups divided according to SUV (cutoff, 9.26). Patients with censored OS times are shown by tick marks.

View larger version (12K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIGURE 4.  Kaplan–Meier curves of OS for 3 subgroups stratified by disease pattern according to PET/CT. Patients with censored OS times are shown by tick marks.