PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the value of morphologic, functional, and metabolic biomarkers acquired concurrently at PET/ @entity7994 in @entity1 with @entity9075 . @entity1 AND METHODS: During 1 year, 9 @entity1 with suspected @entity9075 at contrast-enhanced chest CT were prospectively enrolled and underwent preoperative @entity7994 . Two chest radiologists prospectively reviewed the CT and @entity7994 scans of PET/ @entity7994 in consensus, and 2 nuclear physicians reviewed the PET images. Visual assessment of the @entity5 morphology, functional biomarkers such as apparent diffusion coefficient from diffusion-weighted images, and metabolic biomarkers (including SUVmax, metabolic @entity5 volume, total lesion glycolysis, and heterogeneity index) were recorded. All @entity1 underwent operation, and their pathologic reports served as the reference standard. RESULTS: @entity9075 were demonstrated in all 9 @entity1 at pathologic examination. Tumor contour (P = 0.012) and shape (P = 0.033) had an association with the World Health Organization subtype, and the presence of septum (P = 0.048) on @entity7994 scans had an association with the Masaoka stage. In terms of functional and metabolic biomarkers, SUVmax (   = 0.683, P = 0.042) and SUV/apparent diffusion coefficient (   = 0.703, P = 0.035) correlated with the Masaoka stage. @entity5 volume (P = 0.024), heterogeneity index (P = 0.024), and total lesion glycolysis (P = 0.048) were useful for classification between low- and high-risk @entity9075 . CONCLUSIONS: Although limited by the small number of @entity1 enrolled, morphologic, functional, and metabolic biomarkers derived from PET/ @entity7994 scans were useful for the stratification of @entity9075 .

Initial Experience of XXXX in Thymic Epithelial Tumors: Morphologic, Functional, and Metabolic Biomarkers.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'Metabolic tumor'] @entity9075 :: ('MESH:C536905', 'Disease') :: ['Thymic epithelial tumors', 'thymic epithelial tumors'] @entity7994 :: ('78996', 'Gene') :: ['MRI', '18F-FDG PET/MRI']
@entity7994 :: (78996,Gene) :: ['18F-FDG PET/MRI']
