B7H3-Targeted Molecular Imaging for Highly Specific Diagnosis and In Vivo Noninvasive Detection of B7H3 in Breast Cancer
B7 homolog 3 (B7H3) is widely expressed in solid tumors, but its role in the diagnosis of breast cancer is unclear. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of [68Ga]Ga-B7H3-BCH PET/CT in breast cancer patients. Methods: Thirty patients with diverse subtypes of breast cancer underwent both [68Ga]Ga-B7H3-BCH and [18F]FDG PET/CT. Immunohistochemical staining for B7H3 was performed in 25 patients. Results: B7H3 positivity was detected in 84% of samples by immunohistochemistry. [68Ga]Ga-B7H3-BCH demonstrated a higher lesion detection rate compared with [18F]FDG (96.8% vs. 92.4%) among 157 lesions. Median SUVmax was 9.5 in strongly positive lesions; bone metastases had the highest uptake (median SUVmax, 10.9). Imaging resulted in changing the stage or treatment in 8 patients. Hormone receptor–positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative lesions showed the highest B7H3 positivity (87.5%) and uptake (median SUVmax, 10.5). Conclusion: [68Ga]Ga-B7H3-BCH PET/CT offers high sensitivity for staging advanced breast cancer and noninvasive B7H3 screening. It may influence clinical decisions and appears to reveal subtype-specific uptake, with a tendency to favor hormone receptor–positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative disease.
Authors
- Lei Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4492-3224)
- Chengxue He
- Zhi Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4198-5809)
- Guohong Song
- Ying Gong
- Xiangxi Meng
- Yan Zhang
- Bo Mei
- Hua Zhu
- Nan Li
- Nina Zhou
Institutions
- Peking University Cancer Hospital (CN)
- Ministry of Education (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Published
- 2026-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.126.272939
- Primary Topic
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Peking University