Delayed [18F]-FDG PET Imaging Increases Diagnostic Performance and Reproducibility to Differentiate Recurrence of Brain Metastases From Radionecrosis

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Otman, Hosameldin | Farce, Julien | Meneret, Pierre | Palard-Novello, Xavier | Le Reste, Pierre Jean | Lecouillard, Isabelle | Vauléon, Elodie | Vauleon, Elodie | Chanchou, Marion | Carsin Nicol, Beatrice | Bertaux, Marc | Devillers, Anne | Mariano-Goulart, Denis | Cachin, Florent | Girard, Antoine | Le Jeune, Florence

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International audience. Purpose Differentiating brain metastasis recurrence from radiation necrosis can be challenging during MRI follow-up after stereotactic radiotherapy. [F-18]-FDG is the most available PET tracer, but standard images performed 30 to 60 minutes postinjection provide insufficient accuracy. We compared the diagnostic performance and interobserver agreement of [F-18]-FDG PET with delayed images (4-5 hours postinjection) with the ones provided by standard and dual-time-point imaging. Methods Consecutive patients referred for brain [F-18]-FDG PET after inconclusive MRI were retrospectively included between 2015 and 2020 in 3 centers. Two independent nuclear medicine physicians interpreted standard (visually), delayed (visually), and dual-time-point (semiquantitatively) images, respectively. Adjudication was applied in case of discrepancy. The final diagnosis was confirmed histologically or after 6 months of MRI follow-up. Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves were pairwise compared. Results Forty-eight lesions from 46 patients were analyzed. Primary tumors were mostly located in the lungs (57%) and breast (23%). The median delay between radiotherapy and PET was 15.7 months. The final diagnosis was tumor recurrence in 24 of 48 lesions (50%), with histological confirmation in 19 of 48 lesions (40%). Delayed images provided a larger area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (0.88; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.75-0.95) than both standard (0.69; 95% CI, 0.54-0.81; P = 0.0014) and dual-time-point imaging (0.77; 95% CI, 0.63-0.88; P = 0.045), respectively. Interobserver agreement was almost perfect with delayed images (kappa = 0.83), whereas it was moderate with both standard (kappa = 0.48) and dual-time-point images (kappa = 0.61). Conclusions [F-18]-FDG PET with delayed images is an accurate and reliable alternative to differentiate metastasis recurrence from radiation necrosis in case of inconclusive MRI after brain stereotactic radiotherapy.

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