Andrea Howes - IMAGING IN MELANOMA
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IMAGING IN MELANOMA –LOCAL GUIDELINES
Dr Andrea J HowesConsultant Radiologist
St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust
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Local Imaging Guidelines – how to image?
• Options include CXR, ultrasound, CT, MR, and PET CT, as well as sentinel node mapping and biopsy
• There are advantages and disadvantages for each
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Local Imaging Guidelines – how to image?
• Imaging should be performed after histological examination of primary and clinical assessment
• This avoids unnecessary imaging of stage 1 patients
• Within any clinical stage, specific symptoms or signs suggestive of metastases should be imaged accordingly
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Stage 1
• There is no evidence for any benefit of imaging in stage 1 disease
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Stage 2
• SLNB is performed locally for further staging
• This is expensive and time consuming so CXR and US should be performed prior to this (although no evidence for imaging in stage 2A)
• CT results in large numbers of false positives with resulting anxiety, re-scan and high radiation burden
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Stage 3
• Positive SLNB or clinical adenopathy• CT of chest / abdomen for nodes in neck or
axilla and abdomen / pelvis for groin nodes• Yield low if nodes not palpable (0.5 – 3.7%)• Yield higher if palpable nodes (4 – 16%)• MR of neck nodes may be helpful• False positives are still a significant problem
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Stage 4
• CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis• Further investigations as clinically
indicated• No evidence for imaging the brain unless
symptomatic
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PET CT
• Indications for PET CT are very specific nationally
• Locally, the only melanoma indication is where metastectomy is being considered eg: in a patient with a pulmonary nodule, to establish whether it is a metastasis and to look for evidence of other disease not seen at CT
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REFERENCE
“Role of Imaging Investigations in the Staging of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma – Recommended Guidelines for MCCN with Summary of Available Evidence.”
Dr J C Herbert October 2009
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SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY IN MELANOMA – THE
WHISTON EXPERIENCE
Dr Andrea J HowesConsultant Radiologist
St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust
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CONSULTANT RADIOLOGIST EXPERIENCE
• Whiston was one of the first centres in the country to perform SLNB
• Dr J Herbert started SLN imaging in November 1999
• Dr A Howes started SLN imaging in 2004• From commencing in November 1999 to end of
April 2010 we had performed 564 procedures
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NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS
• Large amount of legislation!• The Radiologist has to have a licence issued by the
Health Minister (ARSAC licence) to use radioactive isotopes – there are specific training requirements
• The licence is site specific• Another doctor may work under a colleagues certificate
if it is only a short-term temporary absence, provided you are working under the certificate holder's written directions.
• The licence holder is responsible for the operating surgeons involvement with the isotope
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NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS
• The department also has to be appropriately licensed (including the HSE) and needs access to a radiopharmacy (with appropriate transport licensing if required)
• Single or dual headed gamma camera• SPECT CT capability may be of benefit• Appropriately trained radiographers / nuclear
medicine technicians
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WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE?
• Time consuming!• Technitium 99m (Tc99m) labelled colloid• Injected intradermally around primary
excision site• Dynamic images obtained allow
visualisation of channels and can be useful to resolve problems such as kinks in channels (20 minutes, 60 images each – AP and lateral)
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WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE?
• Static images are obtained – usually AP and lateral (5 minutes each)
• These images are used for marking with a Cobalt-57 tipped “pen”
• Static oblique images (further 5 minutes) obtained to confirm position and depth
• Position checked with gamma probe
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Melanoma site
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Melanoma site
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Melanoma site
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Melanoma site
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SPECT CT
• A new dual headed camera with SPECT CT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography CT) was installed in 2005
• SPECT CT provides SPECT images, low dose CT for anatomical localisation and fused images
• This adds considerably to the time taken and the radiation dose, but has apparently proven invaluable in terms of surgery
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OUR USE OF SPECT CT
• Initially for localisation in head and neck melanomas to give additional information
• Localisation where node is obscured by injection site in one plane
• Localisation where 2 nodes are apparently close together
• Position in large patients (eg: above or below inguinal ligament)
• Localisation where position seems abnormal (eg: nodes found close to scapula rather than in axilla)
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NUMBERS
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SPECT CT NUMBERS
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SPECT CT BY AREA
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PROGRESS
• Increasing numbers mean a Consultant may not always be immediately available in the department
• Consequently 3 radionuclide radiographers (M. Caffrey, J. Winfield, J. Kerr) have trained to mark straightforward nodes
• Consultant always involved for head and neck and other nodes needing SPECT CT as well as any others which seem technically difficult