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OBJECTIVE:Exact classifying between malignant and benign tumors in the parotid gland is important because the cancer has relatively poor prognosis. There have been several studies that F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) can differentiate between malignant and benign parotid gland tumors. However, the role of FDG PET is still controversial because many benign parotid gland tumors, such as Warthin's tumor and pleomorphic adenoma, show high FDG uptake. We hypothesized that metabolic heterogeneity would differentiate malignant parotid tumors because tumoral heterogeneity is an important characteristic in the malignancies. METHODS:From January 2010 to April 2015, we retrospectively reviewed the 46 patients who showed FDG uptake at the parotid gland. To differentiate malignant parotid gland tumors, we obtained maximum SUV and mean SUV. Metabolic tumor volume and total lesion glycolysis were measured as metabolic volumetric parameters. We also included heterogeneity parameters of FDG PET such as heterogeneity factor (HF) and the coefficient of variation for all patients. RESULTS:There was significant difference of HF between malignant (-0.30 ± 0.25; range -0.937 to -0.084) and benign parotid gland tumors (-0.06 ± 0.05; range -0.291 to -0.012; p < 0.0001). In receiver operating characteristic analysis, when ≤-0.084 was used as the cut-off value for HF, the sensitivity and specificity were 100 % (95 % CI 81.5-100) and 89.2 % (95 % CI 71.8-97.7), respectively. HF showed the highest area under the curve of 0.947 among the parameters. In logistic regression analysis, the HF was the most powerful factor for differentiation of the parotid gland tumors (p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS:Our results suggest that HF can be utilized as a reliable and non-invasive method for differentiation of malignant and benign parotid gland tumors.
journal_name
Ann Nucl Medjournal_title
Annals of nuclear medicineauthors
Kim BS,Kim SJ,Pak Kdoi
10.1007/s12149-016-1068-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-06-01 00:00:00pages
346-54issue
5eissn
0914-7187issn
1864-6433pii
10.1007/s12149-016-1068-9journal_volume
30pub_type
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journal_title:Annals of nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Annals of nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:1994-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of nuclear medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:1999-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00