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Description: Bone marrow involvement (BMI) has important clinical implication in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) as a component of staging and International Prognostic Index (IPI). However, there are some limitations of BMI assessment using iliac bony trephination, such as low sensitivity to patchy or focal lymphomatous involvement, inter-observers variability, inappropriately obtained specimens in terms of technical problem. This study investigated that whether the combined evaluation with 18F-FDG PET/CT and molecular analysis of monoclonal Immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) rearrangement could increase the diagnostic accuracy of BMI at the time of diagnosis in DLBCL. Methods This observational study conducted in 100 patients with newly diagnosed DLBCL from January 2017 to May 2018 from single institution. The specimens for IgH rearrangement polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect the clonality were obtained by fine-needle aspiration and unilateral trephination biopsy. In addition, 18F-FDG PET/CT assessment was performed at the time of diagnosis and classified into two patterns (focal vs diffuse) based on the type of bony FDG uptakes. The section specimens were reviewed by hematopathologists according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification. Results 53 patients were diagnosed with advanced stage and 9 patients (9%) were confirmed morphologic BMI (mBMI) by section biopsy. IgH monoclonality (IgH BMI) was detected in 17 patients (17%) and bony involvement on PET/CT assessment (PET BMI) was observed in 16 patients (16%), respectively. All nine patients with mBMI were linked together with either IgH BMI or PET BMI. Of 17 patients with IgH BMI, 6 patients (35.2%) were concordant with mBMI. Overall diagnostic accuracy of IgH BMI for detection of mBMI was 86%, and it`s sensitivity and specificity was 66.7% and 87.9% with 96.4% of negative predictve value (NPV), respectively. In addition, among the patients with PET BMI, 11 patients were sub-classified into focal type (68.8%, 11/16) with median 7.9 of SUVmax compared to diffuse type with median 5.6 of SUVmax. 5 patients (31.3%, 5/16) were concordant with mBMI. Two of these five concordant cases were focal type. PET/CT assessment showed 85% of diagnostic accuracy with 55.6% of sensitivity, 87.9% of specificity and 95.2% of NPV, respectively. However, the combination of IgH rearrangement with PET/CT assessment resulted in 100% of sensitivity and 79.1% of specificity with 100% of NPV, respectively. Total 28 patients had positive results either IgH rearrangement or PET BMI. 11 patients showed only PET BMI, and another 12 showed only IgH BMI. Conclusion Each PET/CT assessment and PCR-technique for IgH rearrangement was associated with low sensitivity and high NPV for detecting mBMI. However, combined evaluation with IgH monoclonality and initial PET/CT could give more information to predict bone marrow involvement of DLBCL Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Description: Purpose : This study evaluated the prognostic role of 18F-FDG PET/CT at baseline in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloa (MM) and evaluated the prognostic relevance of 18F-FDG PET/CT for each stage according to the Revised International Staging System (R-ISS). Method: We retrospectively analyzed the records of 167 patients with newly diagnosed MM. 18F-FDG PET/CT was performed prior to induction therapy in patients with newly diagnosed MM. A Focal lesions (FL) at diagnosis was defined as focally increased FDG uptake greater than the physiologic bone marrow or liver uptake, with or without any underlying lesion. Extramedullary disease (EMD) was defined as FDG-avid soft tissue that was not contiguous to bone. Results: A total of 102 patients (61.1%) had at least one FL at diagnosis, and 44.9% had more than three FLs. EMD was present in 13.2% of all patients. In the total cohort, the presence of more than three hypermetabolic FLs or EMD on baseline PET/CT was associated with significantly inferior progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) than other patients. Because most patients (91%) with EMD had more than three FLs, PET/CT positivity was defined as the presence of more than three FLs or the presence of EMD. The C-reactive protein level was higher (0.550 vs. 0.245 mg/L, P = 0.004) and the serum albumin level was lower in the PET/CT-positive group (3.5 vs. 3.6 g/dL, P = 0.040). Patients who were PET/CT-positive had a significantly lower complete response rate after first-line therapy compared with those who were PET/CT-negative (15.6% vs. 34.4%, P = 0.007). In multivariate analyses, PET/CT positivity was an independent predictor of PFS and OS in all patients. Fifty-five patients (46.1%) with R-ISS II were PET/CT-positive at baseline and had significantly shorter PFS and OS. PET/CT positivity was also correlated with poor PFS and OS in patients with R-ISS III. Conclusion : 18F-FDG PET/CT was an independent predictor of survival outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed MM. In addition, performing 18F- FDG PET/CT at diagnosis may be useful for determining the survival outcomes of MM patients with R-ISS II and III. Figure. Figure. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Description: Purpose: The clinical role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) in performing upfront high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) remains unclear in peripheral T cell lymphomas (PTCLs). This study investigated the prognostic relevance of interim and final FDG-PET/CT in predicting the outcome of upfront ASCT for the treatment of PTCLs. Method: The study conducted newly diagnosed 96 patients with PTCLs who aged under 65 years between January 2005 and December 2016 from two independent institutions. For making a comparison of clinical outcome between transplant and non-transplant patients according to interim or final FDG- PET/CT, 37 transplanted and 59 non-transplanted patients with the same populations were evaluated as a comparative group (non-ASCT). The enrolled patients were treated with mainly anthracycline-based chemotherapy except patients with NK/T cell lymphoma who were treated with non-anthracycline-based. If achieved complete or partial remission after primary treatment, patients proceeded to upfront ASCT. FDG-PET/CT was performed at the time of diagnosis, interim, and after primary treatment. The response of interim or final FDG-PET/CT was analyzed by visual assessment using Deauville five-point scale (5-PS). Results: The characteristics of transplant patients were similar to non-transplant patients except two features (IPI score, CT response). Final FDG-PET/CT response (P