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18F-FDG PET/CT may be a suitable method for preoperative diagnosis and evaluation of Chinese older patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma

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Title
18F-FDG PET/CT may be a suitable method for preoperative diagnosis and evaluation of Chinese older patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma
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BMC Geriatrics, July 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12877-018-0846-8
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Xuling Li, Ying Zhang, Yongyang Zhang

Abstract

As the most common cholangiocarcinoma, hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCCA) is a challenge in hepatobiliary surgery and causes a very poor prognosis. This study was designed to explore whether 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) may be a suitable method for preoperative diagnosis and evaluation of Chinese older patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma. This study enrolled 53 patients (≥ 65 years) with HCCA. 18F-FDG PET/CT scan was performed in all patients within one week before operation. 18F-FDG PET/CT identified the tumors in all patients (100%). There were 48 patients (90.6%) with the same Bismuth-Corlette classifications determined by 18F-FDG PET/CT and operative pathology, whereas Bismuth-Corlette classifications of 5 patients (9.4%) were underestimated by 18F-FDG PET/CT compared with that determined by operative pathology. 18F-FDG PET/CT identified 19 patients (sensitivity: 67.9%) in 28 patients with lymph node metastases, and 22 patients (specificity: 88.0%) in 25 patients without lymph node metastases, with an accuracy of 77.4%. 18F-FDG PET/CT identified 8 patients (sensitivity: 47.1%) in 17 patients with liver, peritoneal or other distant metastases, and 35 patients (specificity: 97.2%) in 36 patients without liver, peritoneal or other distant metastases, with an accuracy of 81.1%. 18F-FDG PET/CT identified 17 patients (sensitivity: 73.9%) in 23 patients with unresectable tumors, and 24 patients (specificity: 80.0%) in 30 patients with resectable tumors, with an accuracy of 77.4%. 18F-FDG PET/CT may be a suitable method for preoperative diagnosis and evaluation, and offer valuable information for effective operation in Chinese older patients with HCCA.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 2 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 10%
Student > Master 1 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 1 10%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 4 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 40%
Psychology 1 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 10%
Unknown 4 40%
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