Correlation between standardized uptake value on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT and apparent diffusion coefficient in the patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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Correlation between standardized uptake value on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT and apparent diffusion coefficient in the patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Correlation between standardized uptake value on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT and apparent diffusion coefficient in the patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
To prospectively assess the correlation between maximum standardized uptake value (SUV
max
) and minimum apparent diffusion coefficient (ADCmin) in the patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
and to investigate the differences in SUV
max
and ADCmin between T
1-2
and T
3-4
.
Methods:
A total of 27 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients were chosen. They all underwent 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT scanning and head and neck 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) before chemotherapy. Spearmans test was used to calculate the correlation between SUVmax and ADCmin. Independent sample t-test was used to assess the differences in SUVmax and ADCmin between T
1-2
and T
3-4
.
Results:
SUV
max
(9.124.01) was not correlated with ADCmin [(0.6740.186)10
-3
mm
2
/s
]
in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients (
r
=-0.031
P
=0.876). T3-4 group had higher SUV
max
than T
1-2
group (
P
0.001). The ADCmin value between the two groups was not significantly different (
P
=0.798).
Conclusion:
It is suggested that SUV
max
and ADCmin are independent biomarkers in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. SUV
max
could reflect T staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma to a certain extent.