Evolution of the hypoxic compartment on sequential oxygen partial pressure maps during radiochemotherapy in advanced head and neck cancer
Abstract: Background and purpose
Longitudinal Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with hypoxia-specific radiotracers allows monitoring the time evolution of regions of increased radioresistance and may become fundamental in determining the radiochemotherapy outcome in Head-and-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC). The aim of this study was to investigate the evolution of the hypoxic target volume on oxygen partial pressure maps (pO2-HTV) derived from 18FMISO-PET images acquired before and during radiochemotherapy and to uncover correlations between extent and severity of hypoxia and treatment outcome.
Material and methods
18FMISO-PET/CT images were acquired at three time points (before treatment start, in weeks two and five) for twenty-eight HNSCC patients treated with radiochemotherapy. The images were converted into pO2 maps and corresponding pO2-HTVs (pO2-HTV1, pO2-HTV2, pO2-HTV3) were contoured at 10 mmHg. Different parameters describing the pO2-HTV time evolution were considered, such as the percent and absolute difference between the pO2-HTVs (%HTVi,j and HTVi-HTVj with i,j = 1, 2, 3, respectively) and the slope of the linear regression curve fitting the pO2-HTVs in time. Correlations were sought between the pO2-HTV evolution parameters and loco-regional recurrence (LRR) using the Receiver Operating Characteristic method.
Results
The Area Under the Curve values for %HTV1,2, HTV1-HTV2, HTV1-HTV3 and the slope of the pO2-HTV linear regression curve were 0.75 (p = 0.04), 0.73 (p = 0.02), 0.73 (p = 0.02) and 0.75 (p = 0.007), respectively. Other parameter combinations were not statistically significant.
Conclusions
The pO2-HTV evolution during radiochemotherapy showed predictive value for LRR. The changes in the tumour hypoxia during the first two treatment weeks may be used for adaptive personalized treatment approaches
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Anmerkungen
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Physics & Imaging in Radiation Oncology. - 17 (2021) , 100-105, ISSN: 2405-6316
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Veröffentlichung
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Freiburg
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Universität
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2021
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Lazzeroni, Marta
Ureba, Ana
Wiedenmann, Nicole
Nicolay, Nils
Mix, Michael
Thomann, Benedikt
Baltas, Dimos
Toma-Dasu, Iuliana
Grosu, Anca-Ligia
- DOI
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10.1016/j.phro.2021.01.011
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2182464
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Kein Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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25.03.2025, 13:54 MEZ
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Beteiligte
- Lazzeroni, Marta
- Ureba, Ana
- Wiedenmann, Nicole
- Nicolay, Nils
- Mix, Michael
- Thomann, Benedikt
- Baltas, Dimos
- Toma-Dasu, Iuliana
- Grosu, Anca-Ligia
- Universität
Entstanden
- 2021
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