Biomarcadores asociados con la supervivencia y la respuesta terapéutica a la radioembolización con esferas cargadas de itrio-90 en las metástasis hepáticas del carcinoma colorrectal: nuestra experiencia / Biomarkers associated with survival and favourable outcome of radioembolization with yttrium-90 glass microspheres for colon cancer liver metastases: Single centre experience

Objetivo: Analizar la eficacia terapéutica, seguridad y valor pronóstico de diferentes biomarcadores de la radioembolización transarterial con esferas de itrio-90 (TARE) en pacientes con metástasis hepáticas de cáncer colorrectal. Material y métodos: Estudio prospectivo que incluye los pacientes con metástasis hepáticas de cancer colorrectal tratados con TARE entre noviembre de 2015 y junio de 2020. Se analizó la respuesta terapéutica (3 y 6 meses, criterios RECIST v1.1) mediante el cálculo de las tasas de respuesta tumoral objetiva (ORR) y de control de la enfermedad (DCR), así como la asociación de los biomarcadores con la respuesta terapéutica y la supervivencia global (SG) y libre de progresión (SLP). Resultados: Treinta TARE en 23 pacientes (edad media 61,61±9,13 años; 56,5% varones). La ORR a los 3 meses fue del 16,7% y el DCR del 53,3%. A los 6 meses progresaron el 80% de los pacientes. La ORR y DCR se asociaron con la edad (p=0,047), tratamiento con bevacizumab (p=0,008), hemoglobina (p=0,008), NLR (p=0,040), albúmina (p=0,012) y GPT (p=0,023) previas a la TARE, y la dosis absorbida tumoral estimada>115Gy (p=0,033). La mediana de SG fue de 12 meses (IC 95%: 4,75-19,25 meses) y de SLP 3 meses (IC 95%: 2,41-3,59 meses). La SG se asoció con la cirugía del tumor primario (p=0,019), mutación KRAS (p=0,024), hemoglobina (p=0,009), NLR (p=0,005) y PLR (p=0,042) previos a la TARE. Conclusión: Los biomarcadores con capacidad para predecir el pronóstico y respuesta terapéutica a la TARE incluyen desde parámetros bioquímicos a factores relacionados con la dosimetría tumoral estimada (AU)

Objetivo: To determine the therapeutic effectiveness and safety of transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with Yttrium-90 in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastases and to evaluate the prognostic value of different biomarkers. Material and methods: This prospective longitudinal study enrolled consecutive patients with CRC liver metastases treated with TARE between November 2015 and june 2020. The therapeutic response at three and six months (RECIST1.1 criteria) and the relationship of biomarkers with therapeutic response, by calculating objective tumor response rates (ORR) and disease control (DCR), and overall survival (OS) and progression-free (PFS). Results: Thirty TAREs were performed in 23 patients (mean age, 61,61±9,13 years; 56,5% male). At three months, the objective response rate (ORR) was 16,7% and the disease control rate (DCR) 53,3%. At six months, the disease progressed in 80%. The ORR and DCR were significantly associated with age at diagnosis (P=.047), previous bevacizumab treatment (P=.008), pre-TARE haemoglobin (P=.008), NLR (P=.040), pre-TARE albumin (P=.012), pre-TARE ALT (P=.023) and tumour-absorbed dose>115Gy (P=.033). Median overall survival (OS) was 12 months (95% CI, 4.75-19.25 months) and median progression-free survival (PFS) 3 months (95% CI, 2.41-3.59). OS was significantly associated with primary tumour resection (P=.019), KRAS mutation (HR: 5.15; P=.024), pre-TARE haemoglobin (HR: .50; p=.009), pre-TARE NLR (HR: 1.65; P=.005) and PLR (HR: 1.01; P=.042). Conclusion: TARE prognosis and therapeutic response were predicted by different biomarkers, ranging from biochemical parameters to tumour dosimetrics (AU)

Biomarkers associated with survival and favourable outcome of radioembolization with yttrium-90 glass microspheres for colon cancer liver metastases: Single centre experience.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the therapeutic effectiveness and safety of transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with Yttrium-90 in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastases and to evaluate the prognostic value of different biomarkers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This prospective longitudinal study enrolled consecutive patients with CRC liver metastases treated with TARE between November 2015 and june 2020. The therapeutic response at three and six months (RECIST1.1 criteria) and the relationship of biomarkers with therapeutic response, by calculating objective tumor response rates (ORR) and disease control (DCR), and overall survival (OS) and progression-free (PFS). RESULTS: Thirty TAREs were performed in 23 patients (mean age, 61.61 ±â€¯9.13 years; 56.5% male). At three months, the objective response rate (ORR) was 16.7% and the disease control rate (DCR) 53.3%. At six months, the disease progressed in 80%. The ORR and DCR were significantly associated with age at diagnosis (P = 0.047), previous bevacizumab treatment (P = 0.008), pre-TARE haemoglobin (P = 0.008), NLR (P = 0.040), pre-TARE albumin (P = 0.012), pre-TARE ALT (P = 0.023) and tumour-absorbed dose > 115 Gy (P = 0.033). Median overall survival (OS) was 12 months (95% CI, 4.75-19.25 months) and median progression-free survival (PFS) 3 months (95% CI, 2.41-3.59). OS was significantly associated with primary tumour resection (P = 0.019), KRAS mutation (HR: 5.15; P = 0.024), pre-TARE haemoglobin (HR: 0.50; p = 0.009), pre-TARE NLR (HR: 1.65; P = 0.005) and PLR (HR: 1.01; P = 0.042). CONCLUSION: TARE prognosis and therapeutic response were predicted by different biomarkers, ranging from biochemical parameters to tumour dosimetrics.

Biomarkers associated with survival and favourable outcome of radioembolization with yttrium-90 glass microspheres for colon cancer liver metastases: Single centre experience. / Biomarcadores asociados con la supervivencia y la respuesta terapéutica a la radioembolización con esferas cargadas de itrio-90 en las metástasis hepáticas del carcinoma colorrectal: nuestra experiencia.

OBJETIVE: To determine the therapeutic effectiveness and safety of transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with Yttrium-90 in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastases and to evaluate the prognostic value of different biomarkers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This prospective longitudinal study enrolled consecutive patients with CRC liver metastases treated with TARE between November 2015 and june 2020. The therapeutic response at three and six months (RECIST1.1 criteria) and the relationship of biomarkers with therapeutic response, by calculating objective tumor response rates (ORR) and disease control (DCR), and overall survival (OS) and progression-free (PFS). RESULTS: Thirty TAREs were performed in 23 patients (mean age, 61,61±9,13 years; 56,5% male). At three months, the objective response rate (ORR) was 16,7% and the disease control rate (DCR) 53,3%. At six months, the disease progressed in 80%. The ORR and DCR were significantly associated with age at diagnosis (P=.047), previous bevacizumab treatment (P=.008), pre-TARE haemoglobin (P=.008), NLR (P=.040), pre-TARE albumin (P=.012), pre-TARE ALT (P=.023) and tumour-absorbed dose>115Gy (P=.033). Median overall survival (OS) was 12 months (95% CI, 4.75-19.25 months) and median progression-free survival (PFS) 3 months (95% CI, 2.41-3.59). OS was significantly associated with primary tumour resection (P=.019), KRAS mutation (HR: 5.15; P=.024), pre-TARE haemoglobin (HR: .50; p=.009), pre-TARE NLR (HR: 1.65; P=.005) and PLR (HR: 1.01; P=.042). CONCLUSION: TARE prognosis and therapeutic response were predicted by different biomarkers, ranging from biochemical parameters to tumour dosimetrics.

Development of a positron emission tomography risks map. / Desarrollo de un mapa de riesgos para la tomografía por emisión de positrones.

Patient safety is an essential component of quality of care, especially when the complexity of care has reached extreme levels. Currently achieving this safety is considered a basic strategy of the National Health System. Nuclear Medicine departments have certain peculiarities that make them special in terms of patient safety, with situations that go beyond the common healthcare practice of other departments. Namely, that both encapsulated and non-encapsulated ionizing radiation is used in daily practice, and numerous groups of professionals must be coordinated to undertake positron emission tomography (PET) specifically, from the clinical management unit itself, and from other departments of the hospital (as well as companies outside the hospital itself and the Public Health System). The objective of this paper was to identify the risks to which a patient who is to be explored through PET can be exposed in a Nuclear Medicine department and draw up a risk map for the PET process. The methodology used is part of the proposal of the Ministry of Health (2007), and its practical implementation (given the limited literature available on Nuclear Medicine), follows as far as possible that of related care areas (radiodiagnosis and radiotherapy). For this purpose, a multidisciplinary team of professionals directly related to the PET process was created, using the modal analysis of faults and effects methodology to identify possible failures, their causes and the potential adverse events causing each. As a final step, a risk map was created, locating the previously identified faults at each stage of the process. This paper exposes the PET process, and describes the risks that patients might run when a PET scan is required, as well as the adverse events deriving from it. All this is shown in a risk map of the PET process.

Papel de la tomografía por emisión de positrones-tomografía computerizada con 18F-fluorocolina en la recidiva bioquímica tras tratamiento con intención curativa del cáncer de próstata / Role of PET-CT with 18F-fluorocholine in biochemical recurrence after treatment of prostate cancer with curative intent

Objetivos: Analizar la capacidad de la PET-TC con 18F-fluorocolina (18F-FCH) para detectar enfermedad en el momento de la recidiva bioquímica tras tratamiento con intención curativa. Determinar qué variables clínicas serían capaces de optimizar la rentabilidad diagnóstica de la prueba. Material y métodos: Estudio retrospectivo de las PET-TC con 18F-FCH realizadas a 61 pacientes con cáncer de próstata sometidos a tratamiento con intención curativa y que cumplían criterios de recidiva bioquímica. Los resultados del estudio PET-TC se categorizaron en positivos o negativos y fueron validados según criterios preestablecidos. Se estudió la relación entre el resultado de la PET-TC y el PSA inicial, PSA nadir, PSA trigger, velocidad de ascenso del PSA (PSAva) y PSA doubling time (PSAdt). Se analizó la relación entre las localizaciones metastásicas en la PET-TC y el resto de variables. Resultados: La tasa de detección de enfermedad fue del 34,4%. El PSA inicial, el PSA nadir, el PSA trigger y el PSAva demostraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas según el resultado de la PET-TC. El mejor punto de corte discriminatorio entre una PET-TC positiva o negativa para el PSA trigger y la PSAva fue 3,5ng/ml y 0,25ng/ml/mes respectivamente. El PSAdt fue significativamente menor en los pacientes con enfermedad a distancia frente a los pacientes con enfermedad localizada (5.1 vs 16.8 meses, p=0.01). La probabilidad de que la PET-TC detectara enfermedad a distancia vs localizada fue 3,2 veces mayor si el PSAdt era menor de 6 meses (80% vs 20%, OR: 3,2, p=0,02). En el análisis multivariante solo el PSA inicial y el hecho de no haberse sometido a prostatectomía radical demostraron ser factores predictores independientes del resultado positivo de la PET-TC. Conclusiones: La PET-TC con 18F-FCH es capaz de detectar enfermedad en un alto porcentaje de pacientes con recidiva bioquímica, y proporciona información sobre la localización anatómica de la misma. La cinética del PSA y el tratamiento previo del paciente son variables clave para aumentar el rendimiento diagnóstico de la exploración

Objectives: To analyse the ability of the PET-CT with 18F-fluorocholine (18F-FCH) to detect disease on biochemical recurrence after treatment with curative intent. To determine the clinical variables that would be able to optimise the test’s diagnostic yield. Material and methods: A retrospective study of PET-CTs with 18F-fluorocholine performed on 61 patients with prostate cancer who had undergone treatment with curative intent and met the criteria for biochemical recurrence. The results of the PET-CT were categorised into positive or negative and were validated using pre-established criteria. The relationship between the result of the PET-CT and the initial PSA nadir, PSA trigger, rising PSA velocity (PSAva) and PSA doubling time (PSAdt). The relationship between the metastatic sites on the PET-CT and the remaining variables was analysed. Results: There was a 34.4% detection rate of the disease. The initial PSA, PSA nadir, PSA trigger and PSAva showed statistically significant differences according to the result of the PET-CT. The best discriminatory cut-off point between a positive or negative PET-CT for PSA trigger and PSAva was 3.5ng/ml and 0.25ng/ml/month respectively. The PSAdt was significantly lower in patients with remote disease compared to patients with localised disease (5.1 vs 16.8 months, P=.01). The probability that the PET-CT would detect remote disease vs localised disease was 3.2 times higher if the PSAdt was under 6 months (80% vs 20%, OR: 3.2, P=.02). In the multivariate analysis, only the initial PSA and not having undergone radical prostatectomy were demonstrated as independent predictive factors of a positive PET-CT result. Conclusions: The PET-CT with 18F-FCH can detect disease in a high percentage of patients with biochemical recurrence and provides information on its anatomical location. PSA kinetics and the patient's previous treatment are key variables in increasing the test's diagnostic

Role of PET-CT with 18F-fluorocholine in biochemical recurrence after treatment of prostate cancer with curative intent. / Papel de la tomografía por emisión de positrones-tomografía computerizada con 18F-fluorocolina en la recidiva bioquímica tras tratamiento con intención curativa del cáncer de próstata.

OBJECTIVES: To analyse the ability of the PET-CT with 18F-fluorocholine (18F-FCH) to detect disease on biochemical recurrence after treatment with curative intent. To determine the clinical variables that would be able to optimise the test's diagnostic yield. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective study of PET-CTs with 18F-fluorocholine performed on 61 patients with prostate cancer who had undergone treatment with curative intent and met the criteria for biochemical recurrence. The results of the PET-CT were categorised into positive or negative and were validated using pre-established criteria. The relationship between the result of the PET-CT and the initial PSA nadir, PSA trigger, rising PSA velocity (PSAva) and PSA doubling time (PSAdt). The relationship between the metastatic sites on the PET-CT and the remaining variables was analysed. RESULTS: There was a 34.4% detection rate of the disease. The initial PSA, PSA nadir, PSA trigger and PSAva showed statistically significant differences according to the result of the PET-CT. The best discriminatory cut-off point between a positive or negative PET-CT for PSA trigger and PSAva was 3.5ng/ml and 0.25ng/ml/month respectively. The PSAdt was significantly lower in patients with remote disease compared to patients with localised disease (5.1 vs 16.8 months, P=.01). The probability that the PET-CT would detect remote disease vs localised disease was 3.2 times higher if the PSAdt was under 6 months (80% vs 20%, OR: 3.2, P=.02). In the multivariate analysis, only the initial PSA and not having undergone radical prostatectomy were demonstrated as independent predictive factors of a positive PET-CT result. CONCLUSIONS: The PET-CT with 18F-FCH can detect disease in a high percentage of patients with biochemical recurrence and provides information on its anatomical location. PSA kinetics and the patient's previous treatment are key variables in increasing the test's diagnostic.

Mejor rendimiento de la PET/TC con 18F-FDOPA para la detección de metástasis de un tumor neuroendocrino del íleon / Best sensitivity of 18F-FDOPA PET/CT to detect metastasis in one case of neuroendocrine tumour of the ileum

Los tumores neuroendocrinos (TNE) son un grupo de tumores muy heterogéneos y de distribución variable, lo que dificulta su localización anatómica. En medicina nuclear, durante décadas se han propuesto diferentes técnicas de imagen PET o SPECT con diversos radiotrazadores para el estudio de estos tumores, no existiendo consenso actualmente sobre la más adecuada, incluso al considerar solamente los TNE digestivos. Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 67 años con un TNE bien diferenciado del íleon en la que se sospechó una recidiva y ninguna técnica de imagen fue capaz de detectar la enfermedad, excepto la PET/TC con 18F-FDOPA. El seguimiento posterior mostró progresión de la enfermedad, confirmándose la positividad de este primer hallazgo. A raíz del caso se discuten y comparan los radiofármacos posibles para el diagnóstico de TNE digestivos, haciendo énfasis en los derivados embriológicamente del intestino medio (AU)

Neuroendocrine tumours (NET) are heterogeneous and frequently spread over the body, making their imaging difficult. With this aim, nuclear medicine imaging, using PET or SPECT with different tracers, has been proposed for decades, but there is currently no consensus on the most appropriate technique, even when only considering gastrointestinal NET. The case is presented of a 67year old woman with a well differentiated NET of the ileum with suspected recurrence, which was not detected by any imaging technique except 18F-FDOPA PET/CT. Subsequent follow up showed disease progression, which confirmed the true positivity of 18F-FDOPA. Using this case, we discuss and compare different radiotracers for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal NET, focusing on those embryologically originating from the mid-gut (AU)

Best sensitivity of 18F-FDOPA PET/CT to detect metastasis in one case of neuroendocrine tumour of the ileum. / Mejor rendimiento de la PET/TC con 18F-FDOPA para la detección de metástasis de un tumor neuroendocrino del íleon.

Neuroendocrine tumours (NET) are heterogeneous and frequently spread over the body, making their imaging difficult. With this aim, nuclear medicine imaging, using PET or SPECT with different tracers, has been proposed for decades, but there is currently no consensus on the most appropriate technique, even when only considering gastrointestinal NET. The case is presented of a 67year old woman with a well differentiated NET of the ileum with suspected recurrence, which was not detected by any imaging technique except 18F-FDOPA PET/CT. Subsequent follow up showed disease progression, which confirmed the true positivity of 18F-FDOPA. Using this case, we discuss and compare different radiotracers for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal NET, focusing on those embryologically originating from the mid-gut.

The role of early 18F-FDG PET/CT in therapeutic management and ongoing risk stratification of high/intermediate-risk thyroid carcinoma.

Little is known about the role in ongoing risk stratification of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) performed early after radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation in differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). The aim of the study is to investigate whether 18F-FDG PET/CT performed early after RAI ablation is useful to detect disease and to influence therapy and ongoing risk stratification. Patients with high/intermediate risk of recurrent DTC were included. 18F-FDG PET/CT scan was performed within 6 months after RAI ablation. We confirmed results with other imaging techniques, pathology reports, or follow-up. We classified the patient response as excellent, acceptable, or incomplete. Modified Hicks criteria were used to evaluate clinical impact. We included 81 patients with high/intermediate risk of recurrent DTC. Forty-one (50.6%) had positive uptake in 18F-FDG PET/CT, with negative (131)I whole-body scan ((131)I WBS). Sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT were 92.5, 90.2, and 91.4%, respectively. 18F-FDG PET/CT results had an impact on therapy in 38.3% of patients. One year after initial therapy, 45.7% showed excellent response, 8.6% acceptable response, and 45.7% incomplete response. A statistically significant relationship was found between negative 18F-FDG PET/CT and excellent response (80 vs. 12.2%, p < 0.001; OR 52.8). 18F-FDG PET/CT scan performed early in surveillance of patients with high/intermediate-risk thyroid carcinoma provides important additional information not available with conventional follow-up methods and had a high impact on therapy. A negative 18F-FDG PET/CT predicts an excellent response to therapy in the new ongoing risk stratification.