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@ARTICLE{Werner:277872,
author = {S. Werner and J. Sekler and B. Gückel and C. la
Fougère$^*$ and K. Nikolaou$^*$ and C. Pfannenberg and H.
Preibsch and T. Engler and S.-C. Olthof},
title = {{I}nfluence of [18{F}]{FDG}-{PET}/{CT} on {C}linical
{M}anagement {D}ecisions in {B}reast {C}ancer {P}atients-{A}
{PET}/{CT} {R}egistry {S}tudy.},
journal = {Diagnostics},
volume = {13},
number = {14},
issn = {2075-4418},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {DKFZ-2023-01540},
pages = {2420},
year = {2023},
abstract = {There is a lack of evidence regarding the clinical impact
of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography/computed tomography ([18F]FDG-PET/CT, hereinafter
referred to as PET/CT), especially regarding management
changes and their link to overall survival. We analyzed 52
PET/CTs in 47 stage I-IV breast cancer patients, selected
from a prospective oncological PET/CT registry. Indications
for PET/CT were primary staging (n = 15), restaging (n =
17), and suspected recurrence (n = 20). PET/CT-induced
management changes were categorized as major or minor.
PET/CT-induced management changes in 41 of 52 scans
$(78.8\%;$ 38 of 47 patients $(80.9\%)),$ of which major
changes were suggested in 18 of 52 scans $(34.6\%,$ 17 of 47
patients, $36.2\%).$ PET/CT downstaged 6 of 15 primary
staging patients, excluding distant metastases. Major
management changes were documented in 3 of 17 restaging
exams. PET/CT ruled out clinically suspected recurrence in 6
of 20 cases and confirmed it in 11 of 20. In three cases,
locoregional recurrence had already been diagnosed via
biopsy. In 30 of 52 exams, additional diagnostic tests were
avoided, of which 13 were invasive. PET/CT-based management
changes resulted in a 5-year survival rate of $72.3\%$ for
the whole study group, $93.3\%$ for the staging group,
$53.8\%$ for the restaging group, and $68.4\%$ for the
recurrence group. This study shows that PET/CT significantly
impacts clinical management decisions in breast cancer
patients in different clinical scenarios, potentially
determining the patient's tumor stage as the basis for
further therapy more reliably and by avoiding unnecessary
diagnostic tests.},
keywords = {breast neoplasms (Other) / fluorodeoxyglucose F18 (Other) /
positron emission tomography computed tomography (Other) /
registries (Other) / survival rate (Other)},
cin = {TU01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)TU01-20160331},
pnm = {899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-899},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:37510164},
pmc = {pmc:PMC10378166},
doi = {10.3390/diagnostics13142420},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/277872},
}