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ArticleNuclear medicine communications2023

Investigating the influence of long-axial versus short-axial field of view PET/CT on stage migration in lymphoma and non-small cell lung cancer.

Ian Alberts, Sigrid Seibel, Song Xue, Marco Viscione, Clemens Mingels, Hasan Sari, Ali Afshar-Oromieh, Andreas Limacher, Axel Rominger

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Article in Nuclear medicine communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ian AlbertsDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern.
Sigrid SeibelDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern.
Song XueDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern.
Marco ViscioneDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern.
Clemens MingelsDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern.
Hasan SariDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern.
Ali Afshar-OromiehDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern.
Andreas LimacherCTU Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Axel RomingerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern.
University Hospital of Bern · CHUniversity of Bern · CHSiemens Healthcare (Germany) · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of a long-axial field-of-view (LAFOV) on stage migration using a large single-centre retrospective cohort in lymphoma and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

methodsA retrospective study is performed for patients undergoing PET/computed tomography (CT) on either a short-axial field-of-view (SAFOV) or LAFOV PET/CT system for the staging of known or suspected NSCLC or for therapeutic response in lymphoma. The primary endpoint was the Deauville therapy response score for patients with lymphoma for the two systems. Secondary endpoints were the American Joint Committee on Cancer stage for NSCLC, the frequency of cN3 and cM1 findings, the probability for a positive nodal staging (cN1-3) for NSCLC and the diagnostic accuracy for nodal staging in NSCLC.

resultsOne thousand two hundred eighteen records were screened and 597 patients were included for analysis ( N  = 367 for lymphoma and N  = 291 for NSCLC). For lymphoma, no significant differences were found in the proportion of patients with complete metabolic response versus non-complete metabolic response Deauville response scores ( P  = 0.66). For NSCLC no significant differences were observed between the two scanners for the frequency of cN3 and cM1 findings, for positive nodal staging, neither the sensitivity nor the specificity.

conclusionsIn this study use of a LAFOV system was neither associated with upstaging in lymphoma nor NSCLC compared to a digital SAFOV system. Diagnostic accuracy was comparable between the two systems in NSCLC despite shorter acquisition times for LAFOV.

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PMID37578376
PMCPMC10566597
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