Correlation between Imaging Markers Derived from PET/MRI and Invasive Acquired Biomarkers in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

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Purpose: Evaluate the diagnostic potential of [18F]FDG-PET/MRI data compared with invasive acquired biomarkers in newly diagnosed early breast cancer (BC). Methods: Altogether 169 women with newly diagnosed BC were included. All underwent a breast- and whole-body [18F]FDG-PET/MRI for initial staging. A tumor-adapted volume of interest was placed in the primaries and defined bone regions on each standard uptake value (SUV)/apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) dataset. Immunohistochemical markers, molecular subtype, tumor grading, and disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) of each patient were assessed after ultrasound-guided biopsy of the primaries and bone marrow (BM) aspiration. Correlation analysis and group comparisons were assessed. Results: A significant inverse correlation of estrogen-receptor (ER) expression and progesterone-receptor (PR) expression towards SUVmax was found (ER: r = 0.27, p < 0.01; PR: r = 0.19, p < 0.05). HER2-receptor expression showed no significant correlation towards SUV and ADC values. A significant positive correlation between Ki67 and SUVmax and SUVmean (r = 0.42 p < 0.01; r = 0.19 p < 0.05) was shown. Tumor grading significantly correlated with SUVmax and SUVmean (ρ = 0.36 and ρ = 0.39, both p’s < 0.01). There were no group differences between SUV/ADC values of DTC-positive/-negative patients. Conclusions: [18F]FDG-PET/MRI may give a first impression of BC-receptor status and BC-tumor biology during initial staging by measuring glucose metabolism but cannot distinguish between DTC-positive/-negative patients and replace biopsy.

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Jannusch, K., Bittner, A. K., Bruckmann, N. M., Morawitz, J., Stieglitz, C., Dietzel, F., … Hoffmann, O. (2023). Correlation between Imaging Markers Derived from PET/MRI and Invasive Acquired Biomarkers in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer. Cancers, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15061651

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