Metabolic response as assessed by 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography does not predict outcome in patients with intermediate- or high-risk rhabdomyosarcoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee.
Douglas J HarrisonYueh-Yun ChiJing TianPooja HingoraniLeo MascarenhasGeoffrey B McCowageBrenda J WeigelRajkumar VenkatramaniSuzanne L WoldenTorunn I YockDavid A RodebergAndrea A Hayes-JordanLisa A TeotSheri L SpuntWilliam H MeyerDouglas S HawkinsBarry L ShulkinMarguerite T ParisiPublished in: Cancer medicine (2020)
Based on these data, FDG-PET does not appear to predict EFS in IR or HR-RMS. It remains to be determined whether FDG-PET has a role in predicting survival outcomes in other RMS subpopulations.