title: PET imaging for thyroid cancers: Current status and future directions.
abstract: Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) combines both functional and anatomic information and provides in vivo molecular information on biological processes that can be useful at different steps of evolution of thyroid cancers.18Fluorodeoxyglucose being highly trapped in rapidly dividing cells makes18F-FDG-PET recommended in the staging, prognostic evaluation and follow-up of metastatic and/or of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas.18F-FDG PET/CT can help in the localization of persistent/recurrent disease. However, its sensitivity depends widely on tumor burden and histology. Iodine 124 (124I) is currently under evaluation for diagnosis and pretherapeutic dosimetry planning. PET/CT using18F-FDOPA is the most sensitive radiopharmaceutical for localizing persistent/recurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). However, its sensitivity depends on calcitonin levels, with a threshold value of around 150pg/mL.18F-FDG PET/CT can also be used in MTC with short calcitonin or CEA doubling time.
authors.affiliation: Centre de médecine nucléaire LUMEN, centre Léon-Bérard, 15, rue Gabriel-Sarrazin, 69008 Lyon, France. Electronic address: anne-laure.giraudet@lyon.unicancer.fr.
authors.forename: Anne-Laure
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Giraudet
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalo-universitaire de la Timone, Aix-Marseille université, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille 05, France.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taïeb
mesh_terms: D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; C043437:fluorodopa F 18; D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine
keywords: Cancer thyroïdien; FDG-PET; FDOPA; Iode-124; Iodine-124; TEP-FDG; Thyroid carcinoma