Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Hala A El-Lathy

Publications

• Research Article
  The Impact of Pretreatment 18F-FDG (PET/CT) Maximum Standardized Uptake Value and Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) in Predicting Prognosis in Surgically Treated Oligometastatic Breast Cancer Patients
  Author(s): Hala A El-Lathy, Ahlam A Dohal and Ahmed E AbbasHala A El-Lathy, Ahlam A Dohal and Ahmed E Abbas
  
  Purpose: To evaluate baseline PET/CT SUVmax value and Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), as prognostic indicators of progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in surgically treated oligmetastatic breast cancer (OMBC) patients. Materials and Methods: The pretreatment 18FDG-PET-CT SUVmax and NLR in surgically treated OMBC patients were compared with clinicopathological parameters. The prognostic value of pretreatment SUVmax and NLR for PFS and OS were assessed using Log rank and Cox regression. Results: Overall, 87 OMBC were included, mastectomy and axillary clearance was performed in 72 patients (83%) who responded to preoperative systemic. The receiver operator curve (ROC) demonstrated that SUVmax of 4.4 and 6.5 to be the cut off value for predicting PFS in patients with oligometastasis to bones and visceral organs respectively. Additionally, baseline N.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000271

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