Ewa Burchardt, Zaneta Warenczak-Florczak, Paulina Cegła, Adam Piotrowski, Zefiryn Cybulski, Wojciech Burchardt, Andrzej Roszak, Witold Cholewiński
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 2021 Dec 29This study aims to investigate if vaginal bacteriology obtained prior to treatment influences the 3'-deoxy-3 18F-fluorothymidine (FLT) [18F]FLT and 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose (2-[18F]FDG) [18F]FDG parameters in positron emission tomography (PET/CT) in cervical cancer (CC) patients. Retrospective analysis was performed on 39 women with locally advanced histologically confirmed cervical cancer who underwent dual tracer PET/CT examinations. The [18F]FLT and [18F]FDG PET parameters in the primary tumor, including SUVmax, SUVmean, MTV, heterogeneity, before radiotherapy (RT) were analyzed, depending on the bacteriology. The p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. In the vaginal and/or cervical smears, there were 27 (79.4%) positive results. In seven (20.6%) cases, no opportunistic pathogen growth was observed (No Bacteria Group). In positive bacteriology, eleven (32%) Gram-negative bacilli (Bacteria group 2) and fifteen (44%) Gram-positive bacteria (Bacteria group 1) were detected. Five patients with unknown results were excluded from the analysis. Data analysis shows a statistically significant difference between the SUVmax, and SUVmin values for three independent groups for the [18F]FLT. The lowest values of SUVmax and SUVmin for [18F]FLT are registered in Gram-negative bacteria, higher are in Gram-positive, and the absence of bacteria causes the highest [18F]FLT values.
Ewa Burchardt, Zaneta Warenczak-Florczak, Paulina Cegła, Adam Piotrowski, Zefiryn Cybulski, Wojciech Burchardt, Andrzej Roszak, Witold Cholewiński. Differences between [18F]FLT and [18F]FDG Uptake in PET/CT Imaging in CC Depend on Vaginal Bacteriology. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland). 2021 Dec 29;12(1)
PMID: 35054237
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