TY - JOUR
T1 - Prognostic value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with cutaneous angiosarcoma
T2 - A retrospective study of 18 cases
AU - Umemura, Hiroshi
AU - Yamasaki, Osamu
AU - Kaji, Tatsuya
AU - Hamada, Toshihisa
AU - Otsuka, Masaki
AU - Asagoe, Kenji
AU - Iwatsuki, Keiji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Japanese Dermatological Association
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Cutaneous angiosarcoma (CAS) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma with rapid growth and poor prognosis. We retrospectively analyzed the data of 18 patients with CAS who underwent 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) at the initial visit to the Department of Dermatology, Okayama University Hospital from September 2006 to March 2016. In the univariate survival analysis, patients with high standardized uptake values (SUVmax) of the primary tumor showed significantly poorer prognosis than those with low SUVmax. Early assessment of prognosis using PET/CT may predict patient survival and is useful in the selection of therapeutic strategies.
AB - Cutaneous angiosarcoma (CAS) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma with rapid growth and poor prognosis. We retrospectively analyzed the data of 18 patients with CAS who underwent 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) at the initial visit to the Department of Dermatology, Okayama University Hospital from September 2006 to March 2016. In the univariate survival analysis, patients with high standardized uptake values (SUVmax) of the primary tumor showed significantly poorer prognosis than those with low SUVmax. Early assessment of prognosis using PET/CT may predict patient survival and is useful in the selection of therapeutic strategies.
KW - angiosarcoma
KW - maximum standardized uptake value
KW - positron emission tomography
KW - positron emission tomography/computed tomography
KW - prognostic factor
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U2 - 10.1111/1346-8138.13839
DO - 10.1111/1346-8138.13839
M3 - Article
C2 - 28370268
AN - SCOPUS:85017407403
VL - 44
SP - 1046
EP - 1049
JO - Journal of Dermatology
JF - Journal of Dermatology
SN - 0385-2407
IS - 9
ER -