[18F]FDG PET/CT Imaging and Hematological Parameters Can Help Predict HPV Status in Head and Neck Cancer
Paulina Cegla, Geoffrey Currie, Joanna P Wroblewska, Joanna Kazmierska, Witold Cholewinski, Inga Jagiello, Krzysztof Matuszewski, Andrzej Marszalek, Anna Kubiak, Pawel Golusinski, Wojciech Golusinski, Ewa Majchrzak · Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine · 2025 · Heft 01 · S. 22-31
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Abstract Objective To determine whether [18F]FDG PET/CT and hematological parameters provide supportive data to determine HPV status in HNSCC patients. Methods Retrospective analysis of clinical and diagnostic data from 106 patients with HNSCC: 26.4% HPV-positive and 73.6% HPV-negative was performed. The following semiquantitative PET/CT parameters for the primary tumor and hottest lymph node and liver were evaluated: SUVmax, SUVmean, TotalSUV, MTV, TLG, maximum, mean and TLG tumor-to-liver ratio (TLRmax, TLRmean,TLRTLG) and heterogeneity index (HI). Following hematological variables were assessed: white blood c…