Purpose: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a serious complication after radiotherapy (RT), even in the era of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether F-FDG PET/CT can predict ORN associated with periodontal disease in patients with oropharyngeal or oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OP/OC SCC) undergoing RT.
Methods: One hundred and five OP/OC SCC patients treated with RT who underwent pretreatment F-FDG PET/CT between October 2007 and June 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. A post-treatment diagnosis of ORN was made clinically based on presence of exposed irradiated mandibular bone that failed to heal after a period of three months without persistent or recurrent tumor. The maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of periodontal regions identified on PET/CT was measured for all patients. Image-based staging of periodontitis was also performed using American Academy of Periodontology staging system on CT.
Results: Among 105 patients, 14 (13.3 %) developed ORN. The SUVmax of the periodontal region in patients with ORN (3.35 ± 1.23) was significantly higher than patients without ORN (1.92 ± 0.66) (P < .01). The corresponding CT stage of periodontitis in patients with ORN was significantly higher (2.71±0.47) than patients without ORN (1.80±0.73) (P < .01). ROC analysis revealed the cut-off values of developing ORN were 2.1 in SUVmax, and II in CT stage of periodontitis. The corresponding AUC was 0.86 and 0.82, respectively.
Conclusions: Pretreatment F-FDG PET/CT identification of periodontitis may be helpful to predict the future development of ORN in patients with OP/OC SCC undergoing RT.
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