Small Cell Lung Cancer Staging: Prospective Comparison of Conventional Staging Tests, FDG PET/CT, Whole-Body MRI, and Coregistered FDG PET/MRI

Yoshiharu Ohno, Takeshi Yoshikawa, Daisuke Takenaka, Hisanobu Koyama, Kota Aoyagi, Masao Yui, Yuka Oshima, Nayu Hamabuchi, Yumi Tanaka, Chika Shigemura, Seiichiro Oota, Masahiko Nomura, Kazuhiro Murayama, Yoshitaka Inui, Kaoru Kikukawa, Hiroshi Toyama

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BACKGROUND. Whole-body MRI and FDG PET/MRI have shown encouraging results for staging of thoracic malignancy but are poorly studied for staging of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to compare the performance of conventional staging tests, FDG PET/CT, whole-body MRI, and FDG PET/MRI for staging of SCLC. METHODS. This prospective study included 98 patients (64 men, 34 women; median age, 74 years) with SCLC who underwent conventional staging tests (brain MRI; neck, chest, and abdominopelvic CT; and bone scintigraphy), FDG PET/CT, and whole-body MRI within 2 weeks before treatment; coregistered FDG PET/MRI was generated. Two nuclear medicine physicians independently reviewed conventional tests and FDG PET/CT examinations in separate sessions, and two chest radiologists independently reviewed whole-body MRI and FDG PET/MRI examinations in separate sessions. Readers assessed T, N, and M categories; TNM stage; and Veterans Administration Lung Cancer Study Group (VALSG) stage. Reader pairs subsequently reached consensus. Stages determined clinically during tumor board sessions served as the reference standard. RESULTS. Accuracy for T category was higher (p < .05) for whole-body MRI (94.9%) and FDG PET/MRI (94.9%) than for FDG PET/CT (85.7%). Accuracy for N category was higher (p < .05) for whole-body MRI (84.7%), FDG PET/MRI (83.7%), and FDG PET/CT (81.6%) than for conventional staging tests (75.5%). Accuracy for M category was higher (p < .05) for whole-body MRI (94.9%), FDG PET/MRI (94.9%), and FDG PET/CT (94.9%) than for conventional staging tests (84.7%). Accuracy for TNM stage was higher (p < .05) for whole-body MRI (88.8%) and FDG PET/MRI (86.7%) than for FDG PET/CT (77.6%) and conventional staging tests (72.4%). Accuracy for VALSG stage was higher (p < .05) for whole-body MRI (95.9%), FDG PET/MRI (95.9%), and FDG PET/CT (98.0%) than for conventional staging tests (82.7%). Interobserver agreement, expressed as kappa coefficients, ranged from 0.81 to 0.94 across imaging tests and staging endpoints. CONCLUSION. FDG PET/CT, whole-body MRI, and coregistered FDG PET/MRI outperformed conventional tests for various staging endpoints in patients with SCLC. Whole-body MRI and FDG PET/MRI outperformed FDG PET/CT for T category and thus TNM stage, indicating the utility of MRI for assessing extent of local invasion in SCLC. CLINICAL IMPACT. Incorporation of either MRI approach may improve initial staging evaluation in SCLC.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)899-908
ページ数10
ジャーナルAmerican Journal of Roentgenology
218
5
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 05-2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 放射線学、核医学およびイメージング

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