Complete Metabolic Response Assessed by FDG PET/CT to FOLFIRI-Aflibercept in Second-Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Jul;44(7):578-579. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002611.

Abstract

FOLFIRI-aflibercept chemotherapy is indicated in second-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) after progression under FOLFOX (±bevacizumab). Nevertheless, its proven therapeutic efficacy in clinical trials was based on partial responses. And to date, only 2 cases of complete response assessed by CT were reported in literature. We report a complete metabolic response assessed by FDG PET/CT in a 50-year-old woman with mCRC treated by FOLFIRI-aflibercept. This also confirms that FDG PET/CT is emerging as a useful approach for therapeutic assessment of targeted drugs in mCRC.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18