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BACKGROUND:Focal colorectal uptake in (18)FDG-PET/CT may be associated with a malignancy and can be quantified. This provides the basis for an automatic trigger threshold above which cases are flagged for colonoscopic evaluation and below which for individual assessment. PURPOSE:To determine the lowest maximum standard uptake (SUVmax) in colorectal cancer that could be used as a threshold to trigger endoscopic evaluation and to evaluate whether the SUVmax needs to be further normalised to a priori known extrinsic factors. METHODS:The SUVmax was measured in 54 colorectal carcinomas and correlated with gender, age, blood glucose level, injected activity, body mass index and time to scan using t test or correlation coefficients (Pearson or Spearman, according to distribution). RESULTS:There was no correlation between SUVmax and any of the extrinsic factors mentioned above. The lowest SUVmax value was 5 [mean ± SD (range): 11.1 ± 4.8 (5.0-24.6)]. CONCLUSION:In contrast to most other screening techniques, semi-automation in colorectal screening seems possible with PET/CT. This opens the door for further study into the feasibility of automated screening. Independent from extrinsic factors, an SUVmax ≥5.0 in a focal colorectal uptake in (18)FDG-PET/CT should automatically trigger for endoscopic evaluation, if not contraindicated. Cases with SUVmax <5 should be assessed individually before referral for endoscopy. Thus, more interpretation time could be spent on those cases with a lower uptake and more ambiguous diagnosis.
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Eur J Med Resjournal_title
European journal of medical researchauthors
Luboldt W,Wiedemann B,Fischer S,Bodelle B,Luboldt HJ,Grünwald F,Vogl TJdoi
10.1186/s40001-016-0195-zsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-01-09 00:00:00pages
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0949-2321issn
2047-783Xpii
10.1186/s40001-016-0195-zjournal_volume
21pub_type
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