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Endocrine Abstracts (2016) 46 P2 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.46.P2

UKINETS2016 Poster Presentations (1) (35 abstracts)

68Gallium-DOTANOC (68Ga-DOTANOC) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in Bronchial Carcinoids (BC): multicentre evaluation of its role in clinical practice

Angela Lamarca 1 , D. Mark Pritchard 2, , Thomas Westwood 4 , George Papaxoinis 1 , Sobhan Vinjamuri 2 , Juan W Valle 1, , Prakash Manoharan 4 & Wasat Mansoor 1


1Department of Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, ENETS Centre of Excellence, Manchester, UK; 2Liverpool ENETS Centre of Excellence, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK; 3Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; 4Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, ENETS Centre of Excellence, Manchester, UK; 5Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.


Background: New nuclear medicine imaging techniques have improved diagnosis, staging and treatment planning for BC. 68Ga-DOTA PET is preferable to standard somatostatin receptor scintigraphy where available (ENETS guidelines); however, its role in the management of BC remains unclear.

Methods: All consecutive patients diagnosed with BC from two ENETS Centres of Excellence were identified retrospectively; patients with high grade tumours or lacking biopsy confirmation were excluded. Primary objective: to assess the impact of 68Ga-DOTANOC on clinical management in patients with BC.

Results: Of 166 patients screened, 46 were eligible: 52% female, median age 57 years (range 21–86). Type of BC: DIPNECH (4%), typical (44%), atypical (35%), not reported (17%); median Ki67 and mitotic count were 3 and 1, respectively. Stage at time of referral for 68Ga-DOTANOC was: localised (63%), locally advanced (13%) and metastatic (17%). Provided treatment: 27 patients (59%) had curative resection; 18 (39%) received palliative treatment; one patient did not have information available regarding treatment. A total of 47 68Ga-DOTANOC PETs were performed with the following rationale: confirmation of neuroendocrine malignancy (4; 9%), identification of primary tumour (2; 4%), post-surgical re-staging (“cancer free” patients) (19; 40%), staging (patients with known BC present at time of 68Ga-DOTANOC) (19; 40%) and consideration of Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) (3; 7%). Twenty-seven (57%) scans showed evidence of non-physiological uptake: median SUVmax 7.2 (range 1.42–53). 68Ga-DOTANOC provided additional information in 37% (95%CI 22–51) of patients and impacted on management in 26% (95%CI 12–41). A total of 9 patients (21%) were identified to have occult sites of metastases: 3 of whom had the 68Ga-DOTANOC performed as post-surgical re-staging (3/19; 16%). No factors predictive of changes in management were identified (univariate logistic regression): type of BC (OR 2.3 (95%CI 0.5–11.6); P-value 0.308), stage (OR 1.4 (95%CI 0.5–3.7); P-value 0.474), previous curative resection (OR 1.3 (95%CI 0.3–6.2); P-value 0.744); other factors such as aim of the 68Ga-DOTANOC, Ki67, mitotic count and sites of metastases were also not significant (all P-values >0.05).

Conclusions: Our results support the use of 68Ga-DOTANOC in patients with BC for planning treatment, including post-surgical re-staging due to potential for identifying occult metastases.

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