Prognostic value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with cutaneous angiosarcoma: A retrospective study of 18 cases

Hiroshi Umemura; Osamu Yamasaki; Tatsuya Kaji; Toshihisa Hamada; Masaki Otsuka; Kenji Asagoe; Keiji Iwatsuki

doi:10.1111/1346-8138.13839

Prognostic value of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with cutaneous angiosarcoma: A retrospective study of 18 cases

Hiroshi Umemura, Osamu Yamasaki, Tatsuya Kaji, Toshihisa Hamada, Masaki Otsuka, Kenji Asagoe, Keiji Iwatsuki

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Abstract

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 (SUV_max) of the primary tumor showed significantly poorer prognosis than those with low SUV_max. Early assessment of prognosis using PET/CT may predict patient survival and is useful in the selection of therapeutic strategies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1046-1049
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Dermatology
Volume	44
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1346-8138.13839
Publication status	Published - Sep 2017

Keywords

angiosarcoma
maximum standardized uptake value
positron emission tomography
positron emission tomography/computed tomography
prognostic factor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Dermatology

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