[18F]-Fluoromisonidazole Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Visualization of Tumor Hypoxia in Patients With Chordoma of the Mobile and Sacrococcygeal Spine
Cheney M, Chen Y, Lim R, Winrich B, Grosu A, Trofimov A, Depauw N, Shih H, Schwab J, Hornicek F, DeLaney T. [18F]-Fluoromisonidazole Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Visualization of Tumor Hypoxia in Patients With Chordoma of the Mobile and Sacrococcygeal Spine. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2014, 90: 1030-1036. PMID: 25539367, PMCID: PMC4280072, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.08.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCell HypoxiaChordomaFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMisonidazoleMultimodal ImagingNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPhotonsPilot ProjectsPositron-Emission TomographyProspective StudiesProton TherapyRadiopharmaceuticalsRadiotherapy DosageRelative Biological EffectivenessSacrococcygeal RegionSpinal NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTumor BurdenConceptsHypoxic subvolumesGross tumor volumeFMISO PET/CTRadiation therapyLocal recurrenceTumor volumeSacrococcygeal spinePositron emission tomography/computed tomographyRT dose escalationStage T2 tumorsEmission tomography/computed tomographyStandardized uptake valueMedian follow-upTreatment of chordomasChanges to treatmentVisualization of tumor hypoxiaDose escalationT2 tumorsTomography/computed tomographyMetastatic diseaseRecurrent chordomaUptake valueClinical characteristicsTumor hypoxiaFollow-up