title: Clinical impact of (18)F-FDG PET in management of patients with renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: We performed a retrospective study to evaluate the accuracy, diagnostic validity, and clinical impact of (18)F-FDG PET in the management of recurrent and metastatic disease in patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) from our database. (18)F-FDG PET studies were identified from 58 patients that matched our criteria for inclusion in the study. Results were confirmed with histopathological findings, clinical follow-up time (at least 12 months), and/ or conventional imaging methods (CIM). A sensitivity of 80.56%, specificity 86.36%, diagnostic accuracy 58.7%, positive predictive value 90.63%, and a negative predictive value of 73.08% were observed. The clinical impact was high in 25 cases (43%) and we found no impact in only 10 studies (17.2%). We concluded that (18)F-FDG PET was useful and had a high clinical impact in the management of recurrent and metastatic RCC. From our data, it seemed that a positive PET study was more helpful to the physician than a negative study.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Centro Oncológico de Galicia, La Coruña, España. sofia.rodriguez@cog.es
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Martínez de Llano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Vicioso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Carreras-Delgado
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D019090:Case Management; D003657:Decision Making; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18