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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-18
pubmed:abstractText
We performed this study in order to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) imaging and somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) for localizing primary carcinoid tumours and evaluating the extent of the disease. A secondary aim was to correlate those findings with the histological characteristics of the lesions. FDG PET was performed in 17 patients and SRS in 16. All patients had pathologically proven carcinoids. All lesions were verified by histopathological analysis or by follow-up. Ki-67 and p53 expression were assessed as an indicator of the tumours' aggressiveness. FDG PET correctly identified 4/7 primary tumours and 8/11 metastatic spreads, as compared to six and 10 respectively, for SRS. Most tumours were typical carcinoids with low Ki-67 expression. No correlation was found between the histological features and the tracer's uptake. We conclude that SRS remains the modality of choice for evaluating patients with carcinoid tumours, regardless of their proliferative activity. FDG PET should be reserved to patients with negative results on SRS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0143-3636
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
727-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Carcinoid Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-False Negative Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Ki-67 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Octreotide, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Pentetic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Radiopharmaceuticals, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Single-Blind Method, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Statistics as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Tumor Markers, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:12124477-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and somatostatin receptor scintigraphy for diagnosing and staging carcinoid tumours: correlations with the pathological indexes p53 and Ki-67.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Sart Tilman, B35 4000 Liège 1, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies, Validation Studies