Role of Pet/Ct in Assessment of Post Therapeutic Hepatocellular Carcinoma | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 16, Volume 69, Issue 4, October 2017, Pages 2271-2277 PDF (695.26 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.12816/0041529 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Omar Hussain Omar; Mohamed Elgharib Abo Elmaaty; Ayman Mohamed Ibrahim; Sherif Sameh Soliman* | ||
| Radiodiagnosis Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aim of the work: this study aimed to highlight the role of PET/CT in evaluation of post-therapeutic hepatocellular carcinoma, hence guiding the clinician to proper management strategy. Patients and methods: 35 patients (32 male and 3 female) were included in this study. All patients had history of local treatment of HCC; most of the cases were treated with TACE or RFA. They had undergone 18F-FDG PET/CT for evaluation of the therapeutic effect after the end of the therapy. Results:our study demonstrated that 18F-FDG PET/CT is a significant prognostic factor for tumor recurrence in post-therapeutic HCC with a cutoff TSUVmax/LSUVmax value of 1.3. Conclusion: 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging have a prognostic significance in evaluation of patients with post-therapeutic HCC and provide valuable information that can be used in the treatment response evaluation and clinical decision making process. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| FDG; PET; PET/CT; post-therapeutic; HCC; Hepatocellular carcinoma | ||
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