Clinical Study

Correlation between Calcitonin Levels and [πŸπŸ–F]FDG-PET/CT in the Detection of Recurrence in Patients with Sporadic and Hereditary Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics and [18F]FDG-PET/CT findings.

Patient no.[18F]FDG-PET/CT scan no.Age (years)/sexTime from initial surgery to PET/CT (months)TNM initial stagingType of MTCCalcitonin-CEA (pg/mL-ng/mL)[18F]FDG-PET/CT findings (SUVmax)[18F]FDG- PET/CT
classification
Biopsy-surgical excision

1A32/F192T1N1aM0MENIIA688–21.16β€”FNβ€”
B216821-NAβ€”FNβ€”

257/F216T2N1aM0Fam21000-NANeck (3), mediastinum (2.8), abdominal (3)TPβ€”

3A44/F21T4aNIbMoS809–17.4β€”FNβ€”
B301601-NAThyroid bed (2)TPβ€”

471/M83T3N1bM0S3604–54.2Neck (2.7)TPβ€”

5A63/F4T3N0M0S205–7.2β€”FNβ€”
B13352-NALiver (4.7)TPβ€”

6A49/M156T2N1aM0MENIIA1001–39.8β€”FNβ€”
B1641203-NAβ€”FNβ€”

739/F24T3N1bM0S77–0.63β€”FN E x = ( βˆ’ ) for MTC

843/F11T1N1aM0S52.2–3.4β€”FNβ€”

940/M84T2N1bM0S2259–22.7Neck (4)TP E x = ( + ) for MTC

10A63/M240T3N0M0S705-NANeck (2.5)TPβ€”
B252860-NANeck (3.7)TP E x = ( + ) for MTC

1121/F60T3N1bM0S1470-NANeck (2.1), mediastinum (2.2)TPβ€”

12A40/M48T3N1bM0Fam3601–1.3Thyroid bed (3.9), mediastinum (3.7)TP E x = ( + ) for MTC
B636000-NAThyroid bed (4.6), mediastinum (4.2)TP E x = ( + ) for MTC

1352/F36T3N1bM0S850–114.7β€”FNβ€”

1449/F84T1N1bM0S936–84.4β€”FNβ€”

1535/F216T1N0M0MENIIA79.1–2.1β€”FNβ€”

1646/F120T3Ν1bM0MENIIA230–10.4β€”FNβ€”

1756/F4T2N1bM0S63–12.4β€”FNβ€”

1860/F48T1NIbMoS98.8-NAMediastinum (2.5)TPβ€”

1961/M36T1N1bM0S57–7β€”FNβ€”

2068/F30T3N1aM0S145–7.1β€”FNβ€”

2167/M120T3N0M0MENIIA200–11β€”FNβ€”

2270/M36T1N1aM0MENIIA28.3–1.4β€”FNβ€”

2355/F84T1N1aM0S95.1-NAβ€”FNβ€”

2453/F108T3N1aM0Fam10704–72,9Neck (5.5)TPβ€”β€”

2560/F9T2N0M0S35-NANeck (3)FP E x = ( βˆ’ ) for MTC

26A47/F60T1N1bM0S883–34.5β€”FNβ€”
B701360–40.2Thyroid bed (3.2),
Neck (3.5)
TP E x = ( + ) for MTC

2755/F72T1N0M0Fam100-NANeck (2.2)TPβ€”

2828/F84T1N1bM0S622–13.4Neck (6.3)TP E x = ( + ) for MTC

2966/F228T1N1bM0S17641-NANeck (2.5),
mediastinum (4),
Bones (5)
TPβ€”

30A73/M84T3N1bM0S450–130Mediastinum (4.3)TP E x = ( + ) for MTC
B96500-NANeck (7), mediastinum (3)TPβ€”

3142/F72T1N0M0S33,4-NANeck (6.7)FP E x = ( βˆ’ ) for MTC

3272/M132T1N1bM0S36.6–4.1β€”FNβ€”

3338/F132T1N1aM0Fam26.4–1Neck (4.4)FP E x = ( βˆ’ ) for MTC

3443/F204T1N0M0MENIIA26.2–2.2β€”FNβ€”

3564/F84T4N1bM0S410–7.2Neck (3.9)TPβ€”

3670/F456T1N0M0S295–1.2Neck (5)TPβ€”

3740/M108T1N1aM0MENIIA2096–22.3Neck (5)TP E x = ( + ) for MTC

3860/F180T1N0M0S330-NAβ€”FNβ€”

3979/M8T1N0M0S137–5β€”FNβ€”

4069/F48T3N0M0S453–10.2β€”FNβ€”

4144/F300T1N0M0MENIIA5500-NAThyroid bed (3.5),
Neck (2.6),
Liver (5)
TPβ€”

4262/M120T1N1bM0MENIIA101–1.9β€”FNβ€”

4359/M21T1N0M0MENIIA4800–67Liver (6),
mediastinum (2.9),
bones (6.1)
TPβ€”

4445/F7T3N1bM0S650-NAMediastinum (2.7)TPβ€”

4529/F228T1N0M0S986-NAβ€”FNβ€”

4642/F144T1N1bM0Fam893–34.9β€”FNβ€”

4752/F8T2N0M0S291–1.2Neck (3.5)TP E x = ( + ) for MTC

4812/M7T3N1aM0Fam92.4–4.5β€”FNβ€”

4974/F120T1N0M0S48.6–4.6Neck (2.4)TPβ€”

5065/F39T1N0M0S45-NAβ€”FNβ€”

5179/F28T2N0M0S19.3–2.72β€”FNβ€”

Ex: surgical excision; [18F]FDG-PET/CT: 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography; F: female; M: male; S: sporadic; Fam: familial; FN: false negative, TP: true positive; FP: false positive; MTC: medullary thyroid cancer; NA: not available.