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ORAL 05 - Surgery (ID 97)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Oral Session
- Track: Treatment of Locoregional Disease – NSCLC
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:P. Van Schil, F.(. Kong
- Coordinates: 9/07/2015, 10:45 - 12:15, 201+203
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ORAL05.01 - Prognostic Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Surgical NSCLC: A Meta-Analysis (ID 172)
10:45 - 10:56 | Author(s): J. Liu
- Abstract
Background:
Identifying surgical non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with poor prognosis remains a priority in clinical oncology given their high 5-year mortality. [18]F-FDG PET/CT can add important biological information of glucose metabolism to conventional imaging modality. Pretreatment maximal standard uptake value (SUV~max~), metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) may predict prognosis in NSCLC patients. Thus, we performed this meta-analysis to explore the prognostic value of SUV~max~, MTV and TLG on disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in surgical NSCLC patients.
Methods:
A systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Library was performed. Inclusion criteria were: pathologically confirmed NSCLC; [18]F-FDG PET used as an initial imaging tool before treatments; patients underwent curative surgery without neoadjuvant therapy; prospective or retrospective studies reported; complete survival data. Three investigators reviewed and scored each article independently on four dimensions: the scientific design, the generalizability of the results, the analysis of the study data and the PET reports. DFS and OS were considered as the outcome. The correlation of SUV~max~, MTV or TLG with survival was measured by hazard ratio (HR). Sub-group analyses were performed according to the histological subtype and pathological stage. The inter-study heterogeneity was evaluated with the Cochrane’s Q test as well as I[2]. The possibility of publication bias was assessed by visual inspection of a funnel plot and Begg’s test. “Trim and fill” procedure that considers the possibility of hypothetical “missing” studies that might exist was performed to further assess the possible effect of publication bias.
Results:
Thirty studies with 5011 patients were included for the meta-analysis. The mean quality score was 77.5%, ranging from 70.0% to 87.5%. Only one study was prospectively designed. SUV~max~ was measured in 28 studies, all of which were normalized by body weight. MTV was measured in 6 studies and TLG was measured in 5 studies. Adjusted HRs could be determined for 20 studies. For DFS, the combined HRs were 2.61 (95%CI 2.20-3.11, unadjusted) and 3.04 (95%CI 2.24-4.11, adjusted) for SUV~max~, 2.27 (95%CI 1.77-2.90, unadjusted) and 2.49 (95%CI 1.23-5.04, adjusted) for MTV, 2.46 (95%CI 1.91-3.17, unadjusted) and 2.97 (95%CI 1.68-5.28, adjusted) for TLG, respectively. For OS, the pooled HRs were 2.22 (95%CI 1.90–2.61, unadjusted) and 1.61 (95%CI 1.32-1.96, adjusted) for SUV~max~, 3.40 (95%CI 2.27-5.09, unadjusted) and 1.91 (95%CI 1.13-3.22, adjusted) for MTV, and 3.85 (95%CI 2.52-5.86, unadjusted) and 1.76 (95%CI 0.96-3.21, adjusted) for TLG, respectively. When the publication bias was detected by Begg’s test, “trim and fill” procedure was performed and similar HRs were obtained. The predictive role of SUV~max~, MTV and TLG remained similar in the sub-group analysis.
Conclusion:
High values of SUV~max~, MTV and TLG predicted a higher risk of disease recurrence or death in patients with surgical NSCLC. It is suggested that FDG PET/CT be used to select patients at high risk of disease recurrence or death and may benefit from more aggressive treatments. Further individual patient data should be analyzed to determine the optimal threshold value.
