Volumen metabólico tumoral en paciente con cáncer de ovario reestadificado con PET/CT- FDG-F18

The F18-FDG PET/CT is a very useful tool in the re-staging process of cases that are suspected of relapse in the context of ovarian carcinoma. It has an excellent diagnostic and prognostic performance, providing quantitative data such as tumour metabolic volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG). The maximum standardised uptake value (SUVmax) is routinely reported in tumour lesions; however it must be taken into account that it is unlikely that a single pixel accurately reflects the activity of metabolically heterogeneous tumours. In order to resolve the dilemma of the use of the SUVmax, several quantitative parameters have been introduced into PET in order to estimate the measurement of the biology of the neoplasm in a more exact and objective way. In recent years, emphasis has been placed on tumour metabolic load through the use of MTV and TLG as prognostic markers and predictors of relapse.