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Abstract
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in estimating tumor aggressiveness in patients with clinical stage I endometrial cancer and the correlation between aggressiveness and expression of glucose transporter 1 (GLUT-1).
Methods 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography was performed on 43 patients with clinical stage I endometrioid endometrial cancer. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake was quantified by calculating the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and GLUT-1 expression status based on immunohistochemistry.
Results The mean (SD) SUVmax of the primary tumor was 8.55 (5.04). The mean SUVmax and GLUT-1 expression in stage IB and stage IC were significantly higher than that in stage IA (P = 0.001; P = 0.003). The mean (SD) SUVmax was 6.81 (4.55) in grade 1, 10.92 (4.61) in grade 2, and 15.35 (1.34) in grade 3 (grade 1 vs grade 2 and 3; P = 0.005). The mean (SD) GLUT-1 expression was 1.17 (0.94) in grade 1, 2.00 (0.94) in grade 2, and 3.00 (0.00) in grade 3 (grade 1 vs grade 2 and 3; P = 0.017).
Conclusions Tumor aggressiveness, such as myometrial invasion or tumor grade, had a positive correlation with the SUVmax and GLUT-1 expression in patients with clinical stage I endometrioid endometrial cancer.
- Endometrial cancer
- 18F-FDG PET/CT
- SUVmax
- GLUT-1
- Tumor aggressiveness
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Footnotes
Dong Wook Lee and Gun Oh Chong equally contributed to this work as co-first authors.