Patient metabolic profile defined by liver and muscle 18 F-FDG PET avidity is independently associated with overall survival in gastric cancer.

Gerardo A VitielloVetri Sudar JayaprakasamLaura H TangMark A SchattnerYelena Y JanjigianGeoffrey Y KuSteven B MaronHeiko SchoderSteven M LarsonMithat GönenJashodeep DattaDaniel G CoitMurray F BrennanVivian E Strong

Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2024)

Elevated LRF ratio, a patient-specific PET-CT-based metabolic parameter, was independently associated with an improvement in OS in patients with metastatic gastric cancer. With prospective validation, LRF ratio may be a useful, host-specific metabolic parameter for prognostication in gastric cancer.

Keyphrases

pet ct
positron emission tomography
computed tomography
case report
pet imaging