To investigate the relationship between metabolic parameters of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (
18
F-FDG) PET/CT of bone metastases and serum markers in the patients with prostate cancer.
Methods:
Retrospective analysis was carried out in 48 patients with prostate cancer hospitalized in Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University from Jan. 2012 to Dec. 2014. The patients underwent
18
F-FDG PET/CT examination within a week after admission. The relationship between metabolic parameters of
18
F-FDG PET/CT such as number of metastatic bone lesion
maximum standardized uptake value (SUV
max
)
mean SUV (SUV
mean
)
metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) and serum tumor markers in the corresponding period were analyzed.
Results:
The number of metastatic bone lesion of 8 was set as the best cutoff point to predict the overall survival (OS) of the patients with prostate cancer
who were divided into no bone metastasis group
limited bone metastasis group (1-8 lesions) and diffuse bone metastasis group (more than 8 lesions). There was significant difference in the level of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) between limited bone metastasis group and no bone metastasis group. The levels of total prostate-specific antigen (tPSA)
free frostatespecific awtigen (fPSA) and ALP were statistically significant among three groups. The positively correlated relationship was shown between the number of metastatic bone lesion and the corresponding levels of tPSA
fPSA and ALP (
r
=0.604
P
=0.02;
r
=0.531
P
=0.03;
r
=0.478
P
=0.018). There was no correlation between SUV
max
value of metastatic bone lesion and the level of ALP
between SUV
mean
value of metastatic bone lesion and the levels of ALP and fPSA. The rest para
meters and biomarkers were correlated.
Conclusion:
The number of metastatic bone lesion of 8 is the optimal cutoff point to predict the OS of patients with prostate cancer. tPSA
fPSA and ALP can be used as clinical blood biochemical indicators for diffuse bone metastasis in the patients with prostate cancer.
MTV
and
TLG
combined with tPSA
fPSA and ALP are better than SUV
max
and SUV
mean
in evaluation of bone metastases.
TLG
could be used to evaluate the prognosis of prostate cancer.