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Abstract
The relationship between 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) textural features and histopathological findings in gastric cancer has not been fully evaluated. We investigated the relationship between the textural features of primary tumors on FDG PET/CT with histopathological findings and recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC). Fifty-six patients with AGC who underwent FDG PET/CT for staging work-ups were retrospectively enrolled. Conventional parameters and the first- and second-order textural features of AGC were extracted using PET textural analysis. Upon histopathological analysis, along with histopathological classification and staging, the degree of CD4, CD8, and CD163 cell infiltrations and expressions of interleukin-6 and matrix-metalloproteinase-11 (MMP-11) in the primary tumor were assessed. The histopathological classification, Lauren classification, lymph node metastasis, CD8 T lymphocyte and CD163 macrophage infiltrations, and MMP-11 expression were significantly associated with the textural features of AGC. The multivariate survival analysis showed that increased FDG uptake and intra-tumoral metabolic heterogeneity were significantly associated with an increased risk of recurrence after curative surgery. Textural features of AGC on FDG PET/CT showed significant correlations with the inflammatory response in the tumor microenvironment and histopathological features of AGC, and they showed significant prognostic values for predicting RFS.

Affiliations

Hyein Ahn  1 , Geum Jong Song  2 , Si-Hyong Jang  1 , Hyun Ju Lee  1 , Moon-Soo Lee  2 , Ji-Hye Lee  1 , Mee-Hye Oh  1 , Geum Cheol Jeong  3 , Sang Mi Lee  3 , Jeong Won Lee  4
1 Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 31151, Korea.
2 Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 31151, Korea.
3 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 31151, Korea.
4 Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, International St. Mary's Hospital, 25 Simgok-ro 100-gil, Seo-gu, Incheon 22711, Korea.