Clinical Application of 11C-Acetate Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) in Patients of Urinary System Cancer

비뇨기암 환자에서 11C-Acetate 양전자 방출 컴퓨터 단층 검사 (PET-CT)의 임상 적용

  • Nam-Koong, Hyuk (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System) ;
  • Ham, Joon chul (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System) ;
  • Kim, Sang kyoo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System) ;
  • Choi, Yong hoon (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System) ;
  • Lim, Han sang (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System) ;
  • Kim, Jae sam (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System)
  • 남궁혁 (연세의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 함준철 (연세의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 김상규 (연세의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 최용훈 (연세의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 임한상 (연세의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 김재삼 (연세의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과)
  • Received : 2016.09.21
  • Accepted : 2016.10.01
  • Published : 2016.10.29

Abstract

Purpose PET-CT examinations using $^{18}F-FDG$ to treat urinary system cancer are limited in terms of anatomical structure and excretion route of $^{18}F-FDG$. But one of the ongoing examinations utilizing $^{11}C-Acetate$ can compensate for such defects. We would like to introduce a clinical application of $^{11}C-Acetate$ PET-CT in urinary cancer patients. Materials and Methods We conducted a clinical survey of 22 patients diagnosed with urinary cancer at our hospital, 10 prostate cancer patients, 10 renal cell carcinoma patients, and 2 bladder cancer patients. All patients were performed $^{18}F-FDG$ PET-CT examinations, $^{11}C-Acetate$ examinations were performed after two weeks on average. The equipment used to D-710 PET-CT in GE Company and we performed PET-CT procedures 15 minutes after injecting $^{11}C-Acetate$, and a medical doctor from the department of nuclear medicine appraised and compared images between $^{18}F-FDG$ and $^{11}C-Acetate$. Results According to our survey, prostate cancer patients generally had lower uptake of $^{18}F-FDG$ than other cancer patients did. In 2 out of 10 prostate cancer patients, metastasized cancer showed greater uptake in $^{11}C-Acetate$ than $^{18}F-FDG$. In renal cell carcinoma cases, 8 out of 10 patients displayed evidently greater uptake in $^{11}C-Acetate$ than $^{18}F-FDG$. We excluded bladder cancer cases in this study because uptake of $^{18}F-FDG$ in the bladder was too hot, the number of patients was insufficient, and the cases did not meet criteria such as the use of diuretics. Conclusion It is too premature to draw solid conclusions from the survey, since it involved only a small number of participants. However, there are a number of studies conducted abroad that prove the effectiveness of the $^{11}C-Acetate$ PET-CT examinations in treating urinary system cancer, and this study is still ongoing at our hospital. If the tests were to be conducted on a larger number of participants, this study could lead to numerous other potential research topics, such as the correlation between Prostatic specific antigen (PSA) values and $^{11}C-Acetate$ PET-CT, Gleason sum values from biopsy before surgery, Specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) between $^{18}F-FDG$ PET-CT examinations and $^{11}C-Acetate$ PET-CT examinations in other urinary system cancers.

비뇨기암에서의 $^{18}F-FDG$를 이용한 PET-CT 검사는 해부학적 구조 및 $^{18}F-FDG$의 배출 경로로 인해 암 진단에 한계가 있다. 그러한 한계점을 보완 할 수 있는 검사 중 아세트산을 이용한 검사가 진행되고 있으며 비뇨기암 환자를 대상으로 $^{11}C-Acetate$ PET-CT 검사의 임상 적용에 대하여 소개하고자 한다. 현재 본원에서 비뇨기암을 진단 받은 환자 중에 전립선암 환자 10명, 신세포암 환자 10명, 방광암 환자 2명을 총 22명을 임상 연구로 시행하였다. 모든 환자는 $^{18}F-FDG$ PET-CT 검사를 시행하였고, 평균 2주 정도의 기간 후에 $^{11}C-Acetate$ PET-CT 검사를 진행하였다. 검사 장비는 GE사의 D-710 PET-CT 장비를 사용했고, 검사 진행은 $^{11}C-Acetate$ 주사 후 15분 후에 PET-CT 검사를 시작하였고, $^{18}F-FDG$$^{11}C-Acetate$영상의 비교 평가는 핵의학과 전문의가 판별했다. 전립선암 환자의 경우 일반적으로 $^{18}F-FDG$의 섭취가 다른 암종에 비해 낮은 특징이 있다. 본원에서 연구된 10명의 환자 중 2명의 환자의 전이된 암이 $^{18}F-FDG$ 보다 $^{11}C-Acetate$의 섭취가 잘 나타났다. 신세포암의 경우 10명의 환자 중 8명의 환자에서 $^{18}F-FDG$ 보다 $^{11}C-Acetate$의 섭취가 확연히 잘 나타났다. 방광암 환자의 경우 방광의 $^{18}F-FDG$ 섭취가 너무 강하고, 이뇨제 사용여부와 환자의 조건이 맞지 않아 임상연구에서 제외하였다. 현재 임상 연구 진행 중인 검사로서 아직은 많은 환자에 대한 검사를 시행하지 못해서 이렇다 할 결과를 말하기에는 시기상조이다. 하지만, 해외에서는 이미 비뇨기암에서의 $^{11}C-Acetate$ PET-CT 검사가 어느 정도 유용하다는 논문이 많이 발표되었고, 본원에서도 현재 연구 진행 중이다. 보다 더 많은 환자에 대한 검사가 이루어진다면, 전립선암 환자에서 Prostatic specific antigen(PSA) 수치와 $^{11}C-Acetate$ PET-CT의 상관관계, 수술 전 환자에서의 조직 검사상의 Gleason sum 수치와의 상관관계, 다른 비뇨기암에서의 $^{18}F-FDG$ PET-CT 검사와 $^{11}C-Acetate$ PET-CT 검사 사이의 특이도, 민감도, 양성예측도, 음성예측도 등의 척도로서의 비교 등의 다양한 주제로서의 논문이 진행 될 수 있을 것이며, 비뇨기암에서의 $^{11}C-Acetate$ PET-CT 검사가 보다 더 활성화 되어 질 것이라 사료된다.

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