Positron Emission Tomography Using Carbon-11 Acetate and Fludeoxyglucose F 18 in Detecting Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer) in Patients With Known or Suspected Liver Cancer
Liver Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Liver Cancer focused on measuring adult primary hepatocellular carcinoma, recurrent adult primary liver cancer, localized resectable adult primary liver cancer
Eligibility Criteria
INCLUSION: Biopsy-proved HCC (stage I and II by conventional staging) or one or more of the following in a patient with clinically documented cirrhosis: AFP > 200 mg/dL; A contrast-enhancing tumor mass (>1 cm) by CT or MRI; or A tumor mass confirmed by arteriography. Patient must provide written informed consent and have completed conventional imaging and staging before initiation of PET imaging. EXCLUSION: Pediatric patients under the age of 18 will be excluded from consideration from this study. Patients with a known prior malignancy (with the exception of basal cell carcinoma of the skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix) within 5 years will be excluded from entry into the study. However, patients with a prior HCC thought to have a new primary or recurrent HCC are eligible. Pregnant and breastfeeding patients. Patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (fasting blood glucose level > 200 mg/dL)
Sites / Locations
- Washington University School of Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Other
PET scan (FDG-PET & 11C-acetate-PET)
Patients will undergo routine clinical FDG-PET and research 11C-acetate-PET prior to planned surgical resection of the lesion(s) or explantation of the liver.