68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT Follow Up after Single or Hypofractionated Gamma Knife ICON Radiosurgery for Meningioma Patients

68Ga-DOTATOC represents a useful tool in tumor contouring for radiosurgery planning. We present a case series of patients affected by meningiomas on who we performed 68Ga-DOTATOC positron emission tomography (PET)/CT pre-operatively, a subgroup of which also underwent a post-operative 68Ga-DOTATOC P...

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Veröffentlicht in:Brain sciences 2021-03, Vol.11 (3), p.375
Hauptverfasser: Barone, Fabio, Inserra, Francesco, Scalia, Gianluca, Ippolito, Massimo, Cosentino, Sebastiano, Crea, Antonio, Sabini, Maria Gabriella, Valastro, Lucia, Patti, Iolanda Valeria, Mele, Stefania, Acquaviva, Grazia, Tocco, Alessandra, Tamburo, Maria, Graziano, Francesca, Tomasi, Ottavio S., Maugeri, Rosario, Iacopino, Gerardo, Cicero, Salvatore, Strigari, Lidia, Umana, Giuseppe Emmanuele
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Zusammenfassung:68Ga-DOTATOC represents a useful tool in tumor contouring for radiosurgery planning. We present a case series of patients affected by meningiomas on who we performed 68Ga-DOTATOC positron emission tomography (PET)/CT pre-operatively, a subgroup of which also underwent a post-operative 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT to evaluate the standardized uptake value (SUV) modification after Gamma Knife ICON treatment in single or hypofractionated fractions. Twenty patients were enrolled/included in this study: ten females and ten males. The median age was 52 years (range 33–80). The median tumor diameter was 3.68 cm (range 0.12–22.26 cm), and the median pre-radiotherapy maximum SUV value was 11 (range 2.3–92). The average of the relative percentage changes between SUVs at baseline and follow up was −6%, ranging from −41% to 56%. The SUV was reduced in seven out of 12 patients (58%), stable in two out of 12 (17%), and increased in three out of 12 (25%), suggesting a biological response of the tumor to the Gamma Knife treatment in most of the cases. 68Ga-DOTATOC-PET represents a valuable tool in assessing the meningioma diagnosis for primary radiosurgery; it is also promising for follow-up assessment.
ISSN:2076-3425
2076-3425
DOI:10.3390/brainsci11030375