This project aims to evaluate the role of 18F-FAPI combined with 18F-FDG PET/MRI imaging in quantitatively and accurately evaluating the grading of rectal cancer after SCRT neoadjuvant therapy in patients with advanced rectal cancer as the research object, with postoperative histopathological analysis as the reference index, and to assess the ability of patients to achieve pCR. A diagnostic model and evaluation system will also be constructed.
1. Correlation analysis between the expression levels of FAP and GLUT1 and the degree of tumor regression in rectal cancer The study focuses on patients with advanced rectal cancer treated with SCRT neoadjuvant therapy, and conducts immunohistochemical staining of FAP and GLUT1 (glucose transporter 1) on postoperative specimens to evaluate histopathological changes related to the degree of rectal cancer tumor regression. The expression levels of FAP and GLUT1 and the grading of tumor regression are quantitatively analyzed, and their correlation is analyzed to explore the correlation between the expression levels of FAP and GLUT1 in the lesions of neoadjuvant therapy patients and the degree of tumor regression. 2. Construction and validation of a diagnostic model for the degree of tumor regression in rectal cancer after neoadjuvant therapy using 18F-FAPI combined with 18F-FDG PET/MRI imaging The patient underwent preoperative 18F-FAPI and 18F-FDG PET/MRI imaging, followed by immunohistochemical staining of FAP and GLUT1 on postoperative specimens and evaluation of histopathological changes related to the degree of rectal cancer tumor regression. The patient's uptake of 18F-FAPI and 18F-FDG (SUVmax, SUVmean, SUVpeak, FAPI metabolic volume, MTV, TBR, TLG), expression levels of FAP and GLUT1, and degree of tumor regression were quantitatively analyzed, and the correlation between the patient's uptake of 18F-FAPI and 18F-FDG and the degree of tumor regression was explored. A graded diagnostic model and evaluation system were constructed to verify their effectiveness. 3. Comparison of the efficacy of PET/MR-TRG and MR-TRG in assessing pTRG after neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer Compare the constructed PET/MR tumor regression grading diagnostic model with the commonly used clinical imaging diagnostic method MRI in evaluating the efficacy, pTRG, and pCR of neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
32
FAPI and FDG combined with PET/MR imaging in patients with rectal cancer after neoadjuvant therapy
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Daping Hospital of Army Medical University
Chongqing, China
RECRUITINGEvaluation efficacy of tumor regression level
The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value
Time frame: Completed within half year after end of the study
expression of FAP
Immunohistochemical evaluation of the expression of FAP in postoperative tumor tissue
Time frame: completed within one week after surgery
expression of GLUT1
Immunohistochemical evaluation of the expression of GLUT1 in postoperative tumor tissue
Time frame: completed within one week after surgery
SUV
Standardized uptake value (SUV) of 18F-FDG and 18F-FAPI for each target lesion of subject or suspected primary tumor or/and metastasis.
Time frame: Completed within one week after PET examination
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