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Abstract
Background: Total metabolic tumor volume (TMTV) in 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) predicts patient outcome in follicular lymphoma (FL); however, it requires laborious segmentation of all lesions. We investigated the prognostic value of the metabolic bulk volume (MBV) obtained from the single largest lesion.

Methods: Pretreatment FDG PET/computed tomography (CT) scans of 201 patients were analyzed for TMTV and MBV using a 41% maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) threshold.

Results: During a median follow-up of 3.2 years, 54 events, including 14 deaths, occurred. Optimal cut-offs were 121.1 cm3 for TMTV and 24.8 cm3 for MBV. Univariable predictors of progression-free survival (PFS) included a high Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index 2 (FLIPI2) score, TMTV, and MBV. In the multivariable analysis, high TMTV and MBV were independent predictors of worse PFS (P =0.015 and 0.033). Furthermore, in a sub-group with FLIP2 scores of 0-2 (n = 132), high MBV could identify patients with worse PFS (P = 0.007). .

Conclusion: Readily measurable MBV is useful for stratifying risk in FL patients.

Affiliations

Heejune So 1, Hyunjong Lee 2, Seung Hyup Hyun 2, Young Seok Cho 2, Seung Hwan Moon 2, Joon Young Choi 2, Kyung-Han Lee 2
1School of Medicine, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.