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Vera G, Rojas PA, Black JB, San Francisco IF. Usefulness of Tissue Biomarkers versus Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Positron Emission Tomography for Prostate Cancer Biochemical Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:2879. [PMID: 39199648 PMCID: PMC11352583 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16162879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2024] [Revised: 08/12/2024] [Accepted: 08/16/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Despite curative-intent local therapy, approximately 27% to 53% of prostate cancer (PCa) patients experience prostate-specific antigen (PSA) recurrence, known as biochemical recurrence (BCR). BCR significantly raises the risk of PCa-related morbidity and mortality, yet there is no consensus on optimal management. Prostate-specific membrane antigen-positron emission tomography (PSMA PET) has emerged as highly sensitive imaging, distinguishing local recurrences from distant metastases, crucially influencing treatment decisions. Genomic biomarkers such as Decipher, Prolaris, and Oncotype DX contribute to refining recurrence risk profiles, guiding decisions on intensifying adjuvant therapies, like radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). This review assesses PSMA PET and biomarker utility in post-radical prostatectomy BCR scenarios, highlighting their impact on clinical decision-making. Despite their promising roles, the routine integration of biomarkers is limited by availability and cost, requiring further evidence. PSMA PET remains indispensable for restaging and treatment evaluation in these patients. Integrating biomarkers and PSMA PET promises to optimize personalized management strategies for BCR, though more comprehensive consensus-building studies are needed to define their standardized utility in clinical practice.
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- Gabriela Vera
- Servicio de Urología, Complejo Asistencial Dr. Sotero del Rio, Santiago 8207257, Chile; (G.V.); (P.A.R.)
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- Servicio de Urología, Complejo Asistencial Dr. Sotero del Rio, Santiago 8207257, Chile; (G.V.); (P.A.R.)
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215-5400, USA;
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215-5400, USA;
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Mojsak M, Szumowski P, Amelian A, Hladunski M, Kubas B, Myśliwiec J, Kochanowicz J, Moniuszko M. Application of 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/MR Imaging in Early Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer: Results of a Prospective Study of 60 Patients with Very Low PSA Levels ≤ 0.5 ng/mL. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:4185. [PMID: 37627213 PMCID: PMC10453039 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15164185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
Abstract
The use of 18F-PSMA-1007 and the role of PET/MR in the diagnosis of prostate cancer are not conclusively confirmed. There are reports indicating the potential pros and cons of using 18F-PSMA-1007 as well as the PET/MR technique in prostate cancer recurrence, but they are not yet included in the EAU guidelines. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/MR in detecting BCR lesions at very low PSA levels <0.5 ng/mL. METHODS Sixty patients with BCR after radical prostatectomy (RP) with PSA ranged 0.1-0.5 ng/mL were enrolled in a prospective study. All patients underwent simultaneous whole-body and pelvic 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/MR. The obtained results were verified by 12-month follow-up. RESULTS Fifty-three lesions were detected in 45 patients with 75% detection rate. The mean PSA value was 0.31 ng/mL. Of all PSMA-positive foci, 91% were localized in the pelvis, and only 9% of lesions were located in the extrapelvic region. Local recurrences were detected in 29%, PSMA-positive lymph nodes were detected in 64% of patients and bone metastases lesions were detected in 7% of patients. CONCLUSIONS 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/MR seems to be an excellent diagnostic tool in patients with early BCR with very low PSA levels, especially with dt PSA < 6 months. The synergistic effect of combining 18F-PSMA-1007 and whole-body PET/MR with precise multiparametric assessment of pelvic lesions is of particular benefit in early BCR.
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- Małgorzata Mojsak
- Independent Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland; (A.A.)
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland; (P.S.)
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- Independent Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland; (A.A.)
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- Independent Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland; (A.A.)
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland; (P.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine and Immune Regulation, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland;
- Clinical Department of Allergic and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
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Ceci F, Rovera G, Iorio GC, Guarneri A, Chiofalo V, Passera R, Oderda M, Dall'Armellina S, Liberini V, Grimaldi S, Bellò M, Gontero P, Ricardi U, Deandreis D. Event-free survival after 68 Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT in recurrent hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC) patients eligible for salvage therapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2022; 49:3257-3268. [PMID: 35217883 PMCID: PMC9250462 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-05741-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Background/aim Prostate-specific-membrane-antigen/positron emission tomography (PSMA-PET) detects with high accuracy disease-recurrence, leading to changes in the management of biochemically-recurrent (BCR) prostate cancer (PCa). However, data regarding the oncological outcomes of patients who performed PSMA-PET are needed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of clinically relevant events during follow-up in patients who performed PSMA-PET for BCR after radical treatment. Materials and methods This analysis included consecutive, hormone-sensitive, hormone-free, recurrent PCa patients (HSPC) enrolled through a prospective study. All patients were eligible for salvage therapy, having at least 24 months of follow-up after PSMA-PET. The primary endpoint was the Event-Free Survival (EFS), defined as the time between the PSMA-PET and the date of event/last follow-up. The Kaplan–Meier method was used to estimate the EFS curves. EFS was also investigated by Cox proportional hazards regression. Events were defined as death, radiological progression, or PSA recurrence after therapy. Results One-hundred and seventy-six (n = 176) patients were analyzed (median PSA 0.62 [IQR: 0.43–1.00] ng/mL; median follow-up of 35.4 [IQR: 26.5–40.3] months). The EFS was 78.8% at 1 year, 65.2% (2 years), and 52.2% (3 years). Patients experiencing events during study follow-up had a significantly higher median PSA (0.81 [IQR: 0.53–1.28] vs 0.51 [IQR: 0.36–0.80] ng/mL) and a lower PSA doubling time (PSAdt) (5.4 [IQR: 3.7–11.6] vs 12.7 [IQR: 6.6–24.3] months) (p < 0.001) compared to event-free patients. The Kaplan–Meier curves showed that PSA > 0.5 ng/mL, PSAdt ≤ 6 months, and a positive PSMA-PET result were associated with a higher event rate (p < 0.01). No significant differences of event rates were observed in patients who received changes in therapy management after PSMA-PET vs. patients who did not receive therapy changes. Finally, PSA > 0.5 ng/mL and PSAdt ≤ 6 months were statistically significant event-predictors in multivariate model (p < 0.001). Conclusion Low PSA and long PSAdt were significant predictors of longer EFS. A lower incidence of events was observed in patients having negative PSMA-PET, since longer EFS was significantly more probable in case of a negative scan. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00259-022-05741-9.
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- Francesco Ceci
- Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. .,Division of Nuclear Medicine, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy. .,Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncolology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. .,Nuclear Medicine Department, S. Croce E Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.
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- Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.,Section of Nuclear Medicine, University Department of Radiological Sciences and Haematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Urology, Department of Surgical Sciences, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Urology, Department of Surgical Sciences, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Section of Nuclear Medicine, University Department of Radiological Sciences and Haematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.,Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, AOU Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Parker DC, Cookson MS. Expanding Options for M0 Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC). Urol Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89891-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sepulcri M, Fusella M, Cuppari L, Zorz A, Paiusco M, Evangelista L. Value of 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT in predicting response to radical radiotherapy in patients with localized prostate cancer. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 2021; 30:71-77. [PMID: 34409175 PMCID: PMC8361027 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2021.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study aims to establish whether metabolic parameters obtainable from FCH PET/CT can predict long-term response to radical radiotherapy (rRT) in patients with localized prostate cancer (PCa). METHODS Drawing on a single-center database, we retrospectively reviewed the pre-treatment FCH PET/CT scans of 50 patients who underwent rRT between 2012 and 2017. Patients were enrolled if they had a follow-up of at least 3 years after rRT. Various metabolic parameters were considered for each PET/CT, including FCH multifocality. rRT was administered to all patients for a total equivalent dose of 76-80 Gy, using a standard or hypofractionated schedule. Patients were classified as disease-free (DF) if their PSA levels after rRT rose by <2 ng/mL vis-à-vis their PSA nadir, or as not disease free (NDF) if their PSA levels rose by more than 2 ng/ml. RESULTS A multifocal FCH uptake in the prostate gland was identified in 27 patients (54%). At 3-year follow-up, 37 patients (74%) were judged DF, and 13 (26%) were NDF. The SUVmax and SUVmean, and the sum of the two values in all FCH foci in the prostate gland were significantly higher for NDF patients than for DF patients (all p < 0.005). The sum of the TLCKA levels in all FCH foci was likewise significantly higher in patients who were NDF than in those found DF (median 54.5 vs. 29.4; p < 0.05). At univariate analysis, the most of PET-metrics and Gleason Score were predictors of biochemical relapse after 3-year follow-up (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Higher SUVs seems predict a worse outcome for patients with multifocal intraprostatic lesions who are candidates for rRT.
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- Matteo Sepulcri
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physics, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physics, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physics, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine DIMED, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Negative 11C-choline PET/computed tomography imaging in restaging of patients with prostate cancer with serum prostate-specific antigen values >20 ng/mL. Nucl Med Commun 2021; 41:1178-1182. [PMID: 32804916 DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Several studies have reported about the performance of C-choline-PET/computed tomography (CT) (choline) in patients with biochemical recurrent (BCR) prostate cancer, but there is a lack of information regarding negative choline in the same clinical setting. Our aim was to retrospectively analyse negative choline in a cohort of BCR-patients with high prostate-specific antigen (PSA). METHODS AND RESULTS We retrospectively analysed all choline-scans performed at two high-volume imaging centres between 2005 and 2018, selecting those of interest according to the following inclusion criteria: (1) proven prostate cancer treated either with radical prostatectomy or primary external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), (2) BCR after radical prostatectomy or EBRT, (3) PSA serum values >20 ng/mL at the time of scan and (4) scan reported as negative for active disease. Overall, among 5792 scans performed for BCR-prostate cancer, 14 matched the inclusion criteria and were classified as follows: 5/14(36%) inaccurate reports, 3/14(21%) questionable underestimation of positive findings, originally described as unclear, 6/14(43%) negatives. Choline showed a high detection rate in BCR-prostate cancer patients with PSA >20 ng/mL. CONCLUSIONS Although negative reports can be found in this clinical setting, in our review various disease-relevant findings were identified in more than half of the cases originally reported as negative warranting a double reading in such cases to avoid false-negative reports.
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Ware RE, Williams S, Hicks RJ. Molecular Imaging of Recurrent and Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Semin Nucl Med 2019; 49:280-293. [DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2019.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Van den Broeck T, van den Bergh RCN, Arfi N, Gross T, Moris L, Briers E, Cumberbatch M, De Santis M, Tilki D, Fanti S, Fossati N, Gillessen S, Grummet JP, Henry AM, Lardas M, Liew M, Rouvière O, Pecanka J, Mason MD, Schoots IG, van Der Kwast TH, van Der Poel HG, Wiegel T, Willemse PPM, Yuan Y, Lam TB, Cornford P, Mottet N. Prognostic Value of Biochemical Recurrence Following Treatment with Curative Intent for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review. Eur Urol 2019; 75:967-987. [PMID: 30342843 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 268] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
CONTEXT In men with prostate cancer (PCa) treated with curative intent, controversy exists regarding the impact of biochemical recurrence (BCR) on oncological outcomes. OBJECTIVE To perform a systematic review of the existing literature on BCR after treatment with curative intent for nonmetastatic PCa. Objective 1 is to investigate whether oncological outcomes differ between patients with or without BCR. Objective 2 is to study which clinical factors and tumor features in patients with BCR have an independent prognostic impact on oncological outcomes. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Medline, Medline In-Process, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched. For objective 1, prospective and retrospective studies comparing survival outcomes of patients with or without BCR following radical prostatectomy (RP) or radical radiotherapy (RT) were included. For objective 2, all studies with at least 100 participants and reporting on prognostic patient and tumor characteristics in patients with BCR were included. Risk-of-bias and confounding assessments were performed according to the Quality in Prognosis Studies tool. Both a narrative synthesis and a meta-analysis were undertaken. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Overall, 77 studies were included for analysis, of which 14 addressed objective 1, recruiting 20 406 patients. Objective 2 was addressed by 71 studies with 29 057, 11 301, and 4272 patients undergoing RP, RT, and a mixed population (mix of patients undergoing RP or RT as primary treatment), respectively. There was a low risk of bias for study participation, confounders, and statistical analysis. For most studies, attrition bias, and prognostic and outcome measurements were not clearly reported. BCR was associated with worse survival rates, mainly in patients with short prostate-specific antigen doubling time (PSA-DT) and a high final Gleason score after RP, or a short interval to biochemical failure (IBF) after RT and a high biopsy Gleason score. CONCLUSIONS BCR has an impact on survival, but this effect appears to be limited to a subgroup of patients with specific clinical risk factors. Short PSA-DT and a high final Gleason score after RP, and a short IBF after RT and a high biopsy Gleason score are the main factors that have a negative impact on survival. These factors may form the basis of new BCR risk stratification (European Association of Urology BCR Risk Groups), which needs to be validated formally. PATIENT SUMMARY This review looks at the risk of death in men who shows rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood test performed after curative surgery or radiotherapy. For many men, rising PSA does not mean that they are at a high risk of death from prostate cancer in the longer term. Men with PSA that rises shortly after they were treated with radiotherapy or rapidly rising PSA after surgery and a high tumor grade for both treatment modalities are at the highest risk of death. These factors may form the basis of new risk stratification (European Association of Urology biochemical recurrence Risk Groups), which needs to be validated formally.
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- Thomas Van den Broeck
- Department of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Saint Luc Saint Joseph, Lyon, France
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- Department of Urology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Charite Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Department of Urology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Nuclear Medicine Division, Policlinico S. Orsola, University of Bologna, Italy
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- Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester and The Christie, Manchester, UK; Department of Oncology and Haematology, Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland; University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia
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- Leeds Cancer Centre, St. James's University Hospital and University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Urology, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan, UK
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Radiology Department, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France
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- Pecanka Consulting Services, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer & Genetics, School of Medicine Cardiff University, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; Department of Urology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
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- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital, St. Etienne, France
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Prospective comparison of whole-body MRI and 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT for the detection of biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2019; 46:1542-1550. [DOI: 10.1007/s00259-019-04308-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Welch BT, Packard AT, Atwell TD, Johnson GB, Lowe VJ, Karnes RJ, Mynderse LA, Gunderson TM, Park SS, Stish BJ, Evans JD, Kwon ED, Davis BJ, Nathan MA. Percutaneous Image-Guided Nodal Biopsy After 11C-Choline PET/CT for Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer: Imaging Predictors of Disease and Clinical Implications. Adv Radiat Oncol 2019; 4:79-89. [PMID: 30706014 PMCID: PMC6349661 DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2018.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Purpose Management of recurrent prostate cancer necessitates timely diagnosis and accurate localization of the sites of recurrent disease. The purpose of this study was to assess predictors of histologic outcomes after 11C-choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CholPET) to increase the positive predictive value and specificity of CholPET in identifying imaging predictors of malignant and benign nodal disease to better inform clinical decision making regarding local therapy planning. Materials and Methods Retrospective review of patients undergoing CholPET followed by percutaneous core needle biopsy between January 1, 2010 and January 1, 2016. A total of 153 patients were identified who underwent 166 biopsy procedures. Patient, CholPET, procedural, and pathologic characteristics were recorded. Results A total of 157 biopsies were technically successful, and 110 (70.1%; 95% confidence interval, 62.2-77.1) yielded histologic results abnormal for metastatic prostate cancer. Lesion location, lesion maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), SUV ratio (calculated as the ratio of SUVmax to SUV mean in the right atrium), prostate-specific antigen, lesion short axis length, total Gleason score, and castration resistance were all associated with abnormal biopsy results (P values <.001, <.001, <.001, .02, .02, .02, and .015, respectively). External iliac, common iliac, and inguinal sites were associated with much lower rates of histologic positivity (mean [95% confidence interval], 51.2% [35.1-67.1], 46.2% [19.2-74.9], and 33.3% [7.5-70.1]), respectively. Conclusions In a cohort of patients in whom core needle biopsy was performed after CholPET, characteristics of choline localization including node location, SUVmax, lesion–to–blood pool SUV ratio, prostate-specific antigen, total Gleason score, and castration resistance were significantly associated with abnormal biopsy results for metastatic disease on CholPET. Relatively high false positive rates were found in common iliac, external iliac, and inguinal lymph node locations. Histologic confirmation of these sites should be strongly considered in the appropriate clinical scenario before designing additional local therapy plans.
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- Brian T Welch
- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Giovacchini G, Guglielmo P, Mapelli P, Incerti E, Gajate AMS, Giovannini E, Riondato M, Briganti A, Gianolli L, Ciarmiello A, Picchio M. 11C-choline PET/CT predicts survival in prostate cancer patients with PSA < 1 NG/ml. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2019; 46:921-929. [PMID: 30631911 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-018-4253-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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PURPOSE The main drawback of 11C-choline PET/CT for restaging prostate cancer (PCa) patients with biochemical failure is the relatively low positive detection rate for prostate specific antigen (PSA) < 1 ng/ml. This study assessed whether 11C-choline PET/CT predicts survival in PCa patients with PSA < 1 ng/ml. METHODS This retrospective study included 210 PCa patients treated with radical prostatectomy who underwent 11C-choline PET/CT from December 1, 2004 to July 31, 2007 due to biochemical failure. PCa-specific survival was estimated using Kaplan-Meier curves. Cox regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between clinicopathologic variables and PCa-specific survival. PCa-specific survival was computed as the interval from radical prostatectomy to PCa-specific death. RESULTS Median follow-up after radical prostatectomy was 6.9 years (95% confidence interval, CI, 2.0-14.5 years). 11C-choline PET/CT was positive in 20.5% of patients. Median PCa-specific survival was 13.4 years (95% CI, 9.9-16.8 years) in patients with positive 11C-choline PET/CT, and it was not achieved in patients with negative 11C-choline PET/CT (log-rank, chi-square = 15.0, P < 0.001). Ten-year survival probabilities for patients with negative 11C-choline PET/CT and for patients with positive 11C-choline PET/CT were 86.0% (95% CI: 80.7%-91.3%) and 63.6% (95% CI: 54.5-72.7%). At multivariate analysis, only 11C-choline PET/CT significantly predicted PCa-specific survival (hazard ratio = 2.54, 95% CI, 1.05-6.13, P = 0.038). Patients with pathological 11C-choline uptake in the prostatic bed or in pelvic lymph nodes had longer PCa-specific survival in comparison to patients with pathological tracer uptake in the skeleton (log-rank: chi-square = 27.4, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Despite the relatively low positive detection rate for PSA < 1 ng/ml, positive 11C-choline PET/CT predicts PCa-specific survival in this low PSA range. As long as more sensitive radiotracers, such as 68Ga-PSMA-11, do not become more widely available, these results might support a broader use of radiolabeled choline in restaging PCa for PSA < 1 ng/ml.
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- University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, S. Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Urology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, S. Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
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Schiavina R, Chessa F, Borghesi M, Gaudiano C, Bianchi L, Corcioni B, Castellucci P, Ceci F, Ceravolo I, Barchetti G, Del Monte M, Campa R, Catalano C, Panebianco V, Nanni C, Fanti S, Minervini A, Porreca A, Brunocilla E. State-of-the-art imaging techniques in the management of preoperative staging and re-staging of prostate cancer. Int J Urol 2018; 26:18-30. [DOI: 10.1111/iju.13797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Riccardo Schiavina
- Department of Urology; University of Bologna; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; Bologna Italy
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- Department of Urology; University of Bologna; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; Bologna Italy
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- Department of Urology; University of Bologna; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; Bologna Italy
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- Radiology Unit; Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Prevention; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; Bologna Italy
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- Department of Urology; University of Bologna; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; Bologna Italy
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- Radiology Unit; Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Prevention; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; Bologna Italy
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- Metropolitan Nuclear Medicine; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; University of Bologna; Bologna Italy
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- Metropolitan Nuclear Medicine; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; University of Bologna; Bologna Italy
- Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division; Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; University of California at Los Angeles; Los Angeles California USA
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- Prostate Unit-Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Prostate Unit-Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Prostate Unit-Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Prostate Unit-Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Prostate Unit-Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Prostate Unit-Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology; Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Metropolitan Nuclear Medicine; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; University of Bologna; Bologna Italy
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- Metropolitan Nuclear Medicine; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; University of Bologna; Bologna Italy
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- Department of Urology; Careggi Hospital; University of Florence; Florence Italy
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- Department of Robotic Urological Surgery; Abano Terme Hospital; Abano Terme Italy
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- Department of Urology; University of Bologna; St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital; Bologna Italy
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Kjölhede H, Almquist H, Lyttkens K, Bratt O. Pre-treatment 18F-choline PET/CT is prognostic for biochemical recurrence, development of bone metastasis, and cancer specific mortality following radical local therapy of high-risk prostate cancer. Eur J Hybrid Imaging 2018; 2:16. [PMID: 30148254 PMCID: PMC6097795 DOI: 10.1186/s41824-018-0034-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background The aim of this study was to determine whether lymph node metastasis on pre-treatment 18F-choline PET/CT is an independent prognostic factor for biochemical recurrence (BCR), skeletal metastasis, and cancer specific mortality (CSM), after radical local treatment (radical prostatectomy and/or radiotherapy) in men with high-risk prostate cancer. Medical records were reviewed for men with newly diagnosed high-risk prostate cancer who had pre-treatment 18F-choline positron emission tomography fused with computed tomography (PET/CT) scan for primary metastasis staging. Results Of 174 eligible men, 124 met the criteria for inclusion. The PET/CT scan was negative for metastasis in 97 (78%) men, inconclusive in 15 (12%), and positive in 12 (10%). The men with a positive PET/CT scan had significantly shorter time to BCR (p = 0.02), time to skeletal metastasis (p = 0.002), and time to prostate cancer specific death (p < 0.001). On multivariable Cox regression analysis, including also tumour stage, Gleason score, and PSA, a non-negative PET/CT scan was the only significant covariate for time to BCR (HR 2.6, 95% CI 1.3–5.5) and time to skeletal metastasis (HR 2.7, 95% CI 1.3–5.9). Conclusions In men with a newly diagnosed high-risk prostate cancer and a negative or inconclusive bone scan, 18F-choline uptake on PET/CT suggestive metastasis was associated with recurrence, progression to distant metastasis, and prostate cancer death. This strongly indicates that the choline uptakes represented metastasis and not false positive findings.
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- Henrik Kjölhede
- Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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- 2Center for Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- 2Center for Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Das CJ, Razik A, Sharma S. Positron emission tomography in prostate cancer: An update on state of the art. Indian J Urol 2018; 34:172-179. [PMID: 30034126 PMCID: PMC6034413 DOI: 10.4103/iju.iju_320_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer (PCa), one of the most common cancers in males, is a topic of active interest in imaging research. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and PET/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) have enabled the combination of morphologic and functional imaging with the promise of providing better information in guiding therapy. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose, the workhorse radiopharmaceutical in PET imaging, has not found preference in PCa since these tumors show poor glucose uptake and can be obscured by the normal urinary excretion of the radiotracer. Hence, the last two decades have seen the development of multiple newer radiotracers and better optimization of the technical aspects of PET imaging. The combination of functional imaging and MRI holds great promise. We searched PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar for peer-reviewed literature concerning the advances and newer developments in the imaging of PCa between the years 2005 and 2017. This review aims at summarizing current evidence on the role of PET imaging in PCa and its impact on the diagnosis, staging, prognostication, response assessment, and restaging of this malignancy.
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- Chandan Jyoti Das
- Department of Radio-Diagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Radio-Diagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Radio-Diagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Contribution of 11 C-Choline PET/CT in prostate carcinoma biochemical relapse with serum PSA level below 1 ng/ml. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.remnie.2017.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The relationship between local recurrences and distant metastases in prostate cancer: can 11C-choline PET/CT contribute to understand the link? Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2018; 45:962-969. [PMID: 29453702 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-018-3944-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Previous studies in prostate cancer (PCa) patients tried to correlate the onset of local recurrence (LR) with the development of distant metastases and formulated, based on theoretical and experimental data, hypotheses linking the two events. We aimed to address this issue with 11C-choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). METHODS This retrospective study included 491 PCa patients previously treated with radical prostatectomy who had undergone 11C-choline PET/CT owing to biochemical failure. Further inclusion criteria were availability of clinical and pathological variables for survival analysis. Statistical significance was taken at P < 0.05. RESULTS Seventy-two patients (14.7%) had evidence of LR at 11C-choline PET/CT. The frequency of LR increased from 13.8% in the interval 0-4 years after prostatectomy, to 23.9% in the 12-16-year interval (P = 0.080). On the contrary, the frequency of lymph node metastases (overall rate in the 0-16 years interval after prostatectomy: 26.3%) and of bone metastases (overall rate: 13.8%) decreased significantly over time. Kaplan-Meier curves showed no significant group difference in the rates of lymph node or bone metastases between patients with LR and patients without LR. LR significantly predicted PCa-specific survival at univariate analysis, but the statistical significance was lost at multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION We found no differences in the rates of lymph node and bone metastases between patients with and without LR. An inverse time-dependent trend was observed in the frequency of LR on one side and of lymph node and bone metastases on the other side. These findings were discussed in relation to previous theories linking LR to distant metastases and our study design.
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Gillessen S, Attard G, Beer TM, Beltran H, Bossi A, Bristow R, Carver B, Castellano D, Chung BH, Clarke N, Daugaard G, Davis ID, de Bono J, Borges Dos Reis R, Drake CG, Eeles R, Efstathiou E, Evans CP, Fanti S, Feng F, Fizazi K, Frydenberg M, Gleave M, Halabi S, Heidenreich A, Higano CS, James N, Kantoff P, Kellokumpu-Lehtinen PL, Khauli RB, Kramer G, Logothetis C, Maluf F, Morgans AK, Morris MJ, Mottet N, Murthy V, Oh W, Ost P, Padhani AR, Parker C, Pritchard CC, Roach M, Rubin MA, Ryan C, Saad F, Sartor O, Scher H, Sella A, Shore N, Smith M, Soule H, Sternberg CN, Suzuki H, Sweeney C, Sydes MR, Tannock I, Tombal B, Valdagni R, Wiegel T, Omlin A. Management of Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer: The Report of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference APCCC 2017. Eur Urol 2018; 73:178-211. [PMID: 28655541 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2017.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND In advanced prostate cancer (APC), successful drug development as well as advances in imaging and molecular characterisation have resulted in multiple areas where there is lack of evidence or low level of evidence. The Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) 2017 addressed some of these topics. OBJECTIVE To present the report of APCCC 2017. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Ten important areas of controversy in APC management were identified: high-risk localised and locally advanced prostate cancer; "oligometastatic" prostate cancer; castration-naïve and castration-resistant prostate cancer; the role of imaging in APC; osteoclast-targeted therapy; molecular characterisation of blood and tissue; genetic counselling/testing; side effects of systemic treatment(s); global access to prostate cancer drugs. A panel of 60 international prostate cancer experts developed the program and the consensus questions. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS The panel voted publicly but anonymously on 150 predefined questions, which have been developed following a modified Delphi process. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS Voting is based on panellist opinion, and thus is not based on a standard literature review or meta-analysis. The outcomes of the voting had varying degrees of support, as reflected in the wording of this article, as well as in the detailed voting results recorded in Supplementary data. CONCLUSIONS The presented expert voting results can be used for support in areas of management of men with APC where there is no high-level evidence, but individualised treatment decisions should as always be based on all of the data available, including disease extent and location, prior therapies regardless of type, host factors including comorbidities, as well as patient preferences, current and emerging evidence, and logistical and economic constraints. Inclusion of men with APC in clinical trials should be strongly encouraged. Importantly, APCCC 2017 again identified important areas in need of trials specifically designed to address them. PATIENT SUMMARY The second Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference APCCC 2017 did provide a forum for discussion and debates on current treatment options for men with advanced prostate cancer. The aim of the conference is to bring the expertise of world experts to care givers around the world who see less patients with prostate cancer. The conference concluded with a discussion and voting of the expert panel on predefined consensus questions, targeting areas of primary clinical relevance. The results of these expert opinion votes are embedded in the clinical context of current treatment of men with advanced prostate cancer and provide a practical guide to clinicians to assist in the discussions with men with prostate cancer as part of a shared and multidisciplinary decision-making process.
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- Silke Gillessen
- Department of Medical Oncology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen and University of Berne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The Institute of Cancer Research/Royal Marsden, London, UK
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- Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, OR, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Genito Urinary Oncology, Prostate Brachytherapy Unit, Goustave Roussy, Paris, France
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, USA
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- Department of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, The Christie and Salford Royal Hospitals, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Monash University and Eastern Health, Eastern Health Clinical School, Box Hill, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The Institute of Cancer Research/Royal Marsden, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Division of Haematology/Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Clinical Oncology and Genetics, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, CA, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Policlinico S. Orsola, Università di Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Gustave Roussy, University of Paris Sud, Paris, France
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- Department of Surgery, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
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- Department of Urology, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Clinical trials and Statistics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, WA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Clinical Oncology Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Tampere University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and Department of Medical Oncology Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Nord St. Etienne, St. Etienne, France
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Radiology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Bern and the Inselspital, Bern (CH)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Clinical Medicine and Urology at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of, California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Centre, Tel-Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Zerifin, Israel
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- Department of Urology, Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Centre, Boston, MA, USA
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- Prostate Cancer Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology and Haemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano. Radiation Oncology 1, Prostate Cancer Program, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie des Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen and University of Berne, Switzerland
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Gómez-de la Fuente FJ, Martínez-Rodríguez I, de Arcocha-Torres M, Quirce R, Jiménez-Bonilla J, Martínez-Amador N, Banzo I. Contribution of 11C-Choline PET/CT in prostate carcinoma biochemical relapse with serum PSA level below 1 ng/ml. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2017; 37:156-162. [PMID: 29137875 DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2017.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE 11C-choline PET/CT has demonstrated good results in the restaging of prostate cancer (PCa) with high serum prostate specific antigen (PSA), but its use in patients with low serum PSA is controversial. Our aim was to evaluate the contribution of 11C-choline PET/CT in patients with PCa, biochemical relapse and PSA <1 ng/ml. MATERIAL AND METHOD Fifty consecutive patients (mean age: 65.9±5.6 years) with biochemical relapse of PCa and serum PSA <1ng/ml were evaluated retrospectively. PET/CT was performed 20min after intravenous administration of 555-740 MBq of 11C-choline. Minimum follow up time was 30 months. RESULTS Twenty-one out of 50 patients (42%) had an abnormal 11C-choline PET/CT. In 7 out of 21 patients (14%) tumor was confirmed (4 in prostatic bed, 4 in pelvic lymph nodes, 2 in mediastinal lymph nodes and one synchronous sigmoid carcinoma), and in all cases the initial therapeutic planning was modified. In 2 patients (4%) subsequent tests diagnosed a benign disease (one sarcoidosis, one tuberculosis sequelae) and in 3 patients (6%) they ruled out pathology. The other 9 patients (18%) had no further assessment (7 mediastinal and 4 pelvic lymph nodes). Twenty-nine out of 50 patients (58%) had a normal PET/CT. At 30 months, follow up recurrence was confirmed only in 2 of these patients. CONCLUSIONS 11C-choline PET/CT proved its usefulness in demonstrating tumor in 14% of patients with BR of PCa and serum PSA <1ng/ml, with therapeutic implications. In 4% of patients a benign condition was detected. A normal 11C-choline PET/CT was associated with a very low rate of recurrence at 30 months.
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- F J Gómez-de la Fuente
- Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Grupo de Imagen Molecular (IDIVAL), Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España.
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- Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Grupo de Imagen Molecular (IDIVAL), Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España
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- Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Grupo de Imagen Molecular (IDIVAL), Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España
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- Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Grupo de Imagen Molecular (IDIVAL), Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España
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- Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Grupo de Imagen Molecular (IDIVAL), Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España
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- Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Grupo de Imagen Molecular (IDIVAL), Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España
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- Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Grupo de Imagen Molecular (IDIVAL), Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España
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Ceci F, Herrmann K, Hadaschik B, Castellucci P, Fanti S. Therapy assessment in prostate cancer using choline and PSMA PET/CT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2017; 44:78-83. [PMID: 28540419 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-017-3723-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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While PET with non-FDG tracers (mainly choline and Ga-PSMA) has commonly been used for restaging in men with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer, as well as for primary staging, it is only recently that a few preliminary studies have addressed the possible use of PET for monitoring the response to systemic therapy of metastatic disease, especially innovative treatments such as abiraterone and enzalutamide. This article aims to evaluate the role of PET imaging with different non-FDG radiotracers for assessment of therapy in advanced prostate cancer patients.
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- Francesco Ceci
- Nuclear Medicine Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti, 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.,Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti, 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti, 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy
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Ceci F, Castellucci P, Mapelli P, Incerti E, Picchio M, Fanti S. Evaluation of Prostate Cancer with 11C-Choline PET/CT for Treatment Planning, Response Assessment, and Prognosis. J Nucl Med 2017; 57:49S-54S. [PMID: 27694172 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.170126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The aim of this review is to report on the value of 11C-choline PET imaging as a diagnostic procedure for metastasis-directed therapies. Furthermore, the role of 11C-choline PET/CT as a diagnostic tool for monitoring castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with systematic therapy is assessed. Finally, the role of 11C-choline PET/CT in the prediction of survival in both castration-resistant prostate cancer patients and hormone-naïve patients is investigated.
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- Francesco Ceci
- Service of Nuclear Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; and
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- Service of Nuclear Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; and
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- Service of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Service of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Service of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Service of Nuclear Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; and
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Ballas LK, de Castro Abreu AL, Quinn DI. What Medical, Urologic, and Radiation Oncologists Want from Molecular Imaging of Prostate Cancer. J Nucl Med 2017; 57:6S-12S. [PMID: 27694176 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.170142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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As molecular imaging better delineates the state of prostate cancer, clinical management will evolve. The currently licensed imaging modalities are limited by lack of specificity or sensitivity for the extent of cancer and for predicting outcome in response to therapy. Clinicians want molecular imaging that-by being more reliable in tailoring treatment and monitoring response for each patient-will become a key facet of precision medicine, surgery, and radiation therapy. Identifying patients who are candidates for specific or novel treatments is important, but equally important is the finding that a given patient may not be a good candidate for single-modality therapy. This article presents prostate cancer scenarios in which managing clinicians would welcome molecular imaging innovations to help with decision making. The potential role of newer techniques that may help fill this wish list is discussed.
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- Leslie K Ballas
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Keck School of Medicine at USC, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine at USC, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital, Los Angeles, California; and
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at USC, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital, Los Angeles, California
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Zattoni F, Agostini E, Cattaneo F, Maruzzo M, Basso U, Zattoni F, Evangelista L. Fluorocholine PET/CT predicts skeletal progression, skeletal event and cancer specific survival in patients with biochemical relapse for prostate cancer. Clin Imaging 2017; 43:110-116. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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PET and PET/CT with radiolabeled choline in prostate cancer: a critical reappraisal of 20 years of clinical studies. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2017; 44:1751-1776. [PMID: 28409220 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-017-3700-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We here aim to provide a comprehensive and critical review of the literature concerning the clinical applications of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with radiolabeled choline in patients with prostate cancer (PCa). We will initially briefly summarize the historical context that brought to the synthesis of [11C]choline, which occurred exactly 20 years ago. We have arbitrarily grouped the clinical studies in three different periods, according to the year in which they were published and according to their relation with their applications in urology, radiotherapy and oncology. Studies at initial staging and, more extensively, studies in patients with biochemical failure, as well as factors predicting positive PET/CT will be reviewed. The capability of PET/CT with radiolabeled choline to provide prognostic information on PCa-specific survival will also be examined. The last sections will be devoted to the use of radiolabeled choline for monitoring the response to androgen deprivation therapy, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. The accuracy and the limits of the technique will be discussed according to the information available from standard validation processes, including biopsy or histology. The clinical impact of the technique will be discussed on the basis of changes induced in the management of patients and in the evaluation of the response to therapy. Current indications to PET/CT, as officially endorsed by guidelines, or as routinely performed in the clinical practice will be illustrated. Emphasis will be made on methodological factors that might have influenced the results of the studies or their interpretation. Finally, we will briefly highlight the potential role of positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance and of new radiotracers for PCa imaging.
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Mertan FV, Lindenberg L, Choyke PL, Turkbey B. PET imaging of recurrent and metastatic prostate cancer with novel tracers. Future Oncol 2016; 12:2463-2477. [PMID: 27527923 DOI: 10.2217/fon-2016-0270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Early detection of recurrent prostate cancer (PCa) is of paramount importance to deliver prompt and accurate therapy reducing the chance of progression to metastatic disease. However, current imaging modalities such as conventional computed tomography, MRI and PET scanning do not provide sufficient sensitivity, especially at lower prostate-specific antigen values. Moreover, biological characterization of PCa has become increasingly important to provide patient-specific therapy and current imaging poorly characterizes disease aggressiveness. The current uprise of novel PET tracers in recurrent and metastatic PCa shows promising, yet variable sensitivities and specificities in detection, indicating the need for further studies. In this review, we highlight current and new PET tracers that have been developed to improve the detection of recurrent and metastatic PCa.
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- Francesca V Mertan
- Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Regula N, Häggman M, Johansson S, Sörensen J. Malignant lipogenesis defined by 11C-acetate PET/CT predicts prostate cancer-specific survival in patients with biochemical relapse after prostatectomy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2016; 43:2131-2138. [PMID: 27392615 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-016-3449-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Malignant de novo lipogenesis is strongly linked to the aggressiveness of prostate cancer (PCa) under experimental conditions. 11C-Acetate PET/CT is a potential noninvasive biomarker of malignant lipogenesis in PCa, but its prognostic value is not known. The objective of this study was to analyse 11C-acetate PET/CT image metrics in relation to survival. METHODS All patients undergoing 11C-acetate PET/CT in one university hospital from 2005 to 2011 due to PSA relapse after previous prostatectomy were retrospectively evaluated. Two groups of patients were compared: those who died from PCa and those who were censored. All previously reported findings of local recurrence, regional or distal lymph node metastases and bone metastases were counted and evaluated regarding 11C-acetate uptake intensity (SUVmax) and tumour volume. Total tumour volume and total lipogenic activity (TLA, summed SUVmax × TV) were calculated. Survival analysis in the entire study population was followed by Cox proportional hazards ratio (HR) analysis. RESULTS A total of 121 patients were included, and 22 PCa-specific deaths were recorded. The mean PSA level at the time of PET was 2.69 ± 4.35 ng/mL. The median follow-up of the study population was 79 ± 28 months. PET identified at least one PCa lesion in 53 % of patients. Five-year PCa-specific survival after PET was 80 % and 100 % in patients with a positive and a negative PET scan, respectively (p < 0.001). Time-to-death was linearly correlated with highest SUVmax (r = -0.55, p = 0.01) and nonlinearly with TLA (r = -0.75, p < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed statistical significance for number of bone metastases (HR 1.74, p = 0.01), tertile of TLA (HR 5.63, p = 0.029) and postoperative Gleason score (HR 1.84, p = 0.045). CONCLUSION Malignant 11C-acetate accumulation measured with PET/CT is a strong predictor of survival in the setting of PSA relapse after prostatectomy. The study provides further evidence for a quantitative relationship between malignant de novo lipogenesis and early death. 11C-Acetate PET/CT might be useful for identifying a high-risk population of relapsing patients in which therapies targeting malignant lipogenesis might be of particular benefit.
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- Naresh Regula
- Section of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Section of Urology, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Section of Oncology, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Section of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. .,PET Center Research Department, no. 79, 5th floor, Akademiska Sjukhuset, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
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García J, Cozar M, Soler M, Bassa P, Riera E, Ferrer J. Salvage radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients. Planning, treatment response and prognosis using 11 C-choline PET/CT. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.remnie.2016.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The use of positron emission tomography (PET) is an established method for the diagnosis of urological malignancies. Several tracers are currently available to obtain metabolic information or directly detect molecular targets. While (18)F-FDG-PET is recognized in current guidelines for the staging of seminoma, PET is not used in clinical routine in renal malignancies due to the lack of specific tracers. Despite initial promising results in bladder cancer, no relevant additional diagnostic value with PET using (18)F-FDG or choline-based tracers could be obtained in most patients and therefore should be used with caution or only within clinical trials. In prostate cancer, however, after development of new tracers that, for example, target prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), a paradigm shift in imaging can be recognized. Here, (68)Ga-PSMA-PET might be included in the future as part of standard imaging work-up.
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- T Maurer
- Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaninger Straße 22, 81671, München, Deutschland,
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PET guidance in prostate cancer radiotherapy: Quantitative imaging to predict response and guide treatment. Phys Med 2016; 32:452-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Revised: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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García JR, Cozar M, Soler M, Bassa P, Riera E, Ferrer J. Salvage radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients. Planning, treatment response and prognosis using (11)C-choline PET/CT. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2016; 35:238-45. [PMID: 26803491 DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2015.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the prognostic value of the therapeutic response by (11)C-choline PET/CT in prostate cancer patients with biochemical recurrence in which (11)C-choline PET/CT indicated radio-guided radiotherapy. METHODS The study included 37 patients initially treated with prostatectomy, who were treated due to biochemical recurrence. (11)C-choline PE/CT detected infra-diaphragmatic lymph-node involvement. All were selected for intensity modulated radiation therapy, escalating the dose according to the PET findings. One year after treatment patients underwent PSA and (11)C-choline PET/CT categorizing response (complete/partial/progression). Clinical/biochemical/image monitoring was performed until appearance of second relapse or 36 months in disease-free patients. RESULTS (11)C-choline PET/CT could detect lymph nodes in all 37 patients. They were 18 (48.6%) of more than a centimetre in size and 19 (51.3%) with no pathological CT morphology: 9 (24.3%) with positive lymph nodes of around one centimetre and 10 (27.0%) only less than a centimetre in size. The response by (11)C-choline PET/CT was categorised one year after radiotherapy: 16 patients (43.2%) complete response; 15 (40.5%) partial response, and 6 (16.2%) progression. The response was concordant between the PSA result and (11)C-choline PET/CT in 32 patients (86.5%), and discordant in five (13.5%). New recurrence was detected in 12 patients (80%) with partial response, and 5 (31.2%) with complete response. The mean time to recurrence was 9 months after partial response, and 18 months after complete response (significant difference, p<.0001). CONCLUSION (11)C-choline PET/CT allows the selection of patients with recurrent prostate cancer candidates for radiotherapy and to plan the technique. The evaluation of therapeutic response by (11)C-choline PET/CT has prognostic significance.
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- J R García
- Unidad PET/TC, CETIR, ERESA, Esplugues, Barcelona, España.
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- Unidad PET/TC, CETIR, ERESA, Esplugues, Barcelona, España
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- Unidad PET/TC, CETIR, ERESA, Esplugues, Barcelona, España
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- Unidad PET/TC, CETIR, ERESA, Esplugues, Barcelona, España
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- Unidad PET/TC, CETIR, ERESA, Esplugues, Barcelona, España
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- Unidad PET/TC, CETIR, ERESA, Esplugues, Barcelona, España
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Nini A, Gandaglia G, Fossati N, Suardi N, Cucchiara V, Dell’Oglio P, Cazzaniga W, Luzzago S, Montorsi F, Briganti A. Patterns of Clinical Recurrence of Node-positive Prostate Cancer and Impact on Long-term Survival. Eur Urol 2015; 68:777-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Incerti E, Fodor A, Mapelli P, Fiorino C, Alongi P, Kirienko M, Giovacchini G, Busnardo E, Gianolli L, Di Muzio N, Picchio M. Radiation Treatment of Lymph Node Recurrence from Prostate Cancer: Is 11C-Choline PET/CT Predictive of Survival Outcomes? J Nucl Med 2015; 56:1836-42. [PMID: 26405166 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.163741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED PET/CT is a valuable tool to detect lymph node (LN) metastases in patients with biochemical failure after primary treatment for prostate cancer (PCa). The aim was to assess the predictive role of imaging parameters derived by (11)C-choline PET/CT on survival outcomes-overall survival, locoregional relapse-free survival, clinical relapse-free survival (cRFS), and biochemical relapse-free survival (bRFS)-in patients treated with helical tomotherapy (HTT) for LN recurrence. METHODS This retrospective study included 68 patients affected by PCa (mean age, 68 y; age range, 51-81 y) with biochemical recurrence after primary treatment (median prostate-specific antigen values obtained at the time of PET/CT scan, 2.42 ng/mL; range, 0.61-27.56 ng/mL) who underwent (11)C-choline PET/CT from January 2005 to January 2013 and were treated with HTT in correspondence of the pathologic choline LN uptake. PET-derived parameters, including maximum/mean standardized uptake value (SUVmax and SUVmean, respectively) and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) with a threshold of 40%, 50%, and 60% were calculated. The best cutoff values of PET-derived parameters discriminating between patients with and without relapse, after treatment guided by PET, were assessed by receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis including the most predictive PET-derived parameters and survival outcomes were performed. RESULTS The median follow-up was 20 mo (mean, 26 mo; range, 3-97 mo). (11)C-choline PET/CT showed pathologic LN uptake in 4 patients at the pelvic level, in 5 at the abdominal level, in 13 at both the pelvic and the abdominal level, and in 46 at the abdominal or pelvic or other sites. The 2-y overall survival, locoregional relapse-free survival, cRFS, and bRFS were 87%, 91%, 51%, and 40%, respectively. On the basis of ROC curves, the most discriminative cutoff value for MTV values was an MTV threshold of 60% (MTV60) of greater than 0.64 cm(3). No significant cutoff values were found for SUVmax or SUVmean at univariate analysis, whereas MTV60 was confirmed as an independent predictor in multivariate analysis and significantly correlated with bRFS and cRFS. MTV60 and extrapelvic disease well predict the risk of cRFS. CONCLUSION (11)C-choline PET/CT performed as a guide for HTT on LN recurrence is predictive of survival. In particular, MTV60 and extrapelvic disease were the best predictors of tumor response for bRFS and cRFS in PCa patients with LN recurrence after primary treatment. This information may be useful in emerging treatment strategies.
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- Elena Incerti
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physics, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Stadtspital Triemli, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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(11)C-Choline PET/CT in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with docetaxel. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2015; 43:84-91. [PMID: 26323576 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3177-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the role of (11)C-choline PET/CT for evaluating the response to treatment in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with docetaxel in comparison with PSA response. METHODS Inclusion criteria were (a) proven mCRPC, (b) docetaxel as first line of chemotherapy (docetaxel 75 mg/m(2) + prednisone 5 mg), and (c) (11)C-choline PET/CT and PSA values assessed before and after docetaxel administration. A total of 61 patients were retrospectively enrolled (mean age 68.9 years, range 57 - 84 years). (11)C-Choline PET/CT was performed at baseline before docetaxel treatment (PET1) and after the end of treatment (PET2). PSA values were measured before treatment (PSA1) and after treatment (PSA2). PET2 was reported as complete response (CR), partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD). Progressive disease (PD) was considered if a new lesion was seen. PSA trend was calculated from the change in absolute values between PSA1 and PSA2. A decrease of ≥50 % between PSA1 and PSA2 was considered a PSA response. Clinical, radiological and laboratory follow-up ranged from 6 to 53 months (mean 13.5 months). RESULTS Of the 61 patients, 40 (65.5 %) showed PD on PET2, 13 (21.3 %) showed SD, 2 (3.4 %) showed PR, and 6 (9.8 %) showed CR. An increasing PSA trend was seen in 29 patients (47.5 %) and a decreasing PSA trend in 32 patients (52.5 %). A PSA response of ≥50 % was seen in 25 patients (41 %). Radiological PD was seen in 23 of the 29 patients (79.3 %) with an increasing PSA trend, in 16 of the 32 patients (50 %) with a decreasing PSA trend, and in 11 of the 25 patients (44 %) with a PSA response of ≥50 %. In the multivariate statistical analysis, the presence of more than ten bone lesions detected on PET1 was significantly associated with an increased probability of PD on PET2. No association was observed between PSA level and PD on PET2. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that an increasing PSA trend measured after docetaxel treatment could be considered predictive of PD. In patients with decreasing PSA values (decreasing PSA trend and a PSA response of ≥50 %), (11)C-choline PET/CT may be useful to identify those with radiological progression despite a PSA response. Finally, the tumour burden, expressed as number of bone lesions on PET1, is significantly associated with an increased probability of PD on PET2.
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Prognostic value of metabolic parameters and clinical impact of 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT in biochemical recurrent prostate cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2015; 42:1784-93. [DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3123-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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