Table 2.
Demographic factors, clinical characteristics, chemotherapy regimen, response assessment, and time intervals of imaging follow-up of patients analyzed with serial PET/CT studies
| ID | Sex | Age | Pathology | Staging | Chemotherapy | No. of cycles | Response to therapy | Time (baseline − follow-up imaging) (in days) | Time (end of chemotherapy to follow-up imaging) (in days) | Memory problems and/or depression1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 59 | NSCLC | IIIb | Carboplatin/taxol2 | 3 | PR | |||
| Carboplatin/gemcitabine/avastin | 3 | PR | 230 | 5 | ? | |||||
| 2 | F | 64 | NSCLC | IIIb | Cisplatin/etoposide | 1 | SD | 111 | 11 | ? |
| 3 | M | 48 | NSCLC | IIIb | Carboplatin/taxol | 3 | PR | 81 | 5 | ? |
| 4 | M | 64 | NSCLC | IIIb | Cisplatin/gemcitabine | 3 | PD | 311 | 28 | Yes |
| Cisplatin/navelbine | 4 | SD | ||||||||
| 5 | M | 71 | NSCLC | IIIa | Carboplatin/taxol | 4 | PD | |||
| Alimta (pemetrexed) | 2 | SD | 402 | 10 | Yes | |||||
| 6 | M | 63 | NSCLC | IIIb | Carboplatin/taxol | 4 | PD | 88 | 10 | Yes |
| 7 | F | 74 | NSCLC | IIIa | Cisplatin/etoposide | 2 | PR | 132 | 22 | Yes |
| 8 | M | 58 | NSCLC | IIIb | Carboplatin/taxol/ avastin | 2 | PD | |||
| Alimta | 2 | PD | 142 | 2 | ? | |||||
| 9 | M | 78 | NSCLC | IIIb | Carboplatin/taxol | 4 | PR | 171 | 13 | Yes |
| 10 | F | 46 | NSCLC | IV | Carboplatin/taxol/ avastin | 4 | PD | 140 | 8 | Yes |
PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; PD, progressive disease.
Memory disturbance and mood alterations were assessed based on subjective patient reports and evidence in the patient’s interval history.
Patient had a partial response, however, developed intolerance/allergy to taxol; therefore, treatment was changed to carboplatin/gemcitabine/avastin.