Abstract
Purpose
Evaluation of [18F]fluoromisonidazole ([18F]FMISO)-positron emission tomography (PET) imaging as a metric for evaluating early response to trastuzumab therapy with histological validation in a murine model of HER2+ breast cancer.
Procedures
Mice with BT474, HER2+ tumors, were imaged with [18F]FMISO-PET during trastuzumab therapy. Pimonidazole staining was used to confirm hypoxia from imaging.
Results
[18F]FMISO-PET indicated significant decreases in hypoxia beginning on day 3 (P < 0.01) prior to changes in tumor size. These results were confirmed with pimonidazole staining on day 7 (P < 0.01); additionally, there was a significant positive linear correlation between histology and PET imaging (r 2 = 0.85).
Conclusions
[18F]FMISO-PET is a clinically relevant modality which provides the opportunity to (1) predict response to HER2+ therapy before changes in tumor size and (2) identify decreases in hypoxia which has the potential to guide subsequent therapy.
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We thank the National Cancer Institute for support through U01CA174706, R01CA138599, R01 CA158079, U01CA142565, and 5T32CA093240. T.E.Y. is a CPRIT Scholar and the W.A. “Tex” Moncrief Professor of Computational Oncology at The University of Texas at Austin. We would like to thank Drs. Michael Freeman and Melinda Sanders for their help with this project.
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Sorace, A.G., Syed, A.K., Barnes, S.L. et al. Quantitative [18F]FMISO PET Imaging Shows Reduction of Hypoxia Following Trastuzumab in a Murine Model of HER2+ Breast Cancer. Mol Imaging Biol 19, 130–137 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-016-0994-1
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