Nucl Med Mol Imaging.  2016 Sep;50(3):246-254. 10.1007/s13139-016-0412-2.

The Relationship Between Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Expression of Breast Cancer and the Retention Index in Dual Phase ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), Seoul, Republic of Korea. smlim328@kcch.re.kr
  • 2Department of Surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • 3Department of Radiology, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • 4National Radiation Emergency Medical Center, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • 5Department of Pathology, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study investigates the correlation of retention index (RI) using the dual phase FDG PET/CT scan with the breast cancer biomarkers.
METHODS
A total of 55 patients with breast cancer underwent dual phase FDG PET/CT scans (60 and 120 min after FDG injection) before treatment. SUVmax and SUVmean of the primary breast tumors were measured, then the percent change of SUVmax and SUVmean between the two scans were calculated, and denoted as RImax and RImean, respectively. After the surgical resection of the breast tumor, the status of biomarkers (ER, PR, and HER-2) was evaluated in the postsurgical specimen.
RESULTS
RImean was significantly higher in ER (−) (median, 16.2; IQR, 10.8-21.0) or HER-2 (+) (median, 16.1; IQR, 10.7-21.6) tumors than in ER (+) tumors (median, 9.9; IQR, 5.5-15.3) or HER-2 (−) tumors (median, 10.5; IQR, 5.5-16.1). However, there were no significant differences of SUVmax or RImax according to the ER or HER-2 status. There were no significant differences of any PET parameters between PR (+) and PR (−) tumors. Based off ROC curve analyses, RImean predicted the ER (+) tumors (AUC, 0.699; p=0.006), and HER-2 (+) tumors (AUC, 0.674; p=0.022), but not the PR (+) tumors. However, neither SUVmax nor RImax predicted ER (+), PR (+), or HER-2 (+) tumors.
CONCLUSIONS
Retention index of SUVmean can reflect the ER and HER-2 status of breast cancers. Higher retention index of SUVmean might associate with lower ER expression and higher HER-2 expression.

Keyword

Breast cancer; Dual phase; Estrogen receptor; Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; Positron emission tomography; Retention index

MeSH Terms

Biomarkers
Breast Neoplasms*
Breast*
Epidermal Growth Factor*
Estrogens*
Humans*
Positron-Emission Tomography
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography*
Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor*
Receptors, Progesterone*
ROC Curve
Biomarkers
Epidermal Growth Factor
Estrogens
Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor
Receptors, Progesterone
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