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Angappulige DH, Barashi NS, Pickersgill N, Weimholt C, Luo J, Shadmani G, Tarcha Z, Rayamajhi S, Mahajan NP, Andriole GL, Siegel BA, Kim EH, Mahajan K. Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Targeted Imaging and Its Correlation with HOXB13 Expression. J Nucl Med 2024:jnumed.123.267301. [PMID: 38936974 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.123.267301] [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: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Homeobox 13 (HOXB13) is an oncogenic transcription factor that directly regulates expression of folate hydrolase 1, which encodes prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). HOXB13 is expressed in primary and metastatic prostate cancers (PCs) and promotes androgen-independent PC growth. Since HOXB13 promotes resistance to androgen receptor (AR)-targeted therapies and regulates the expression of folate hydrolase 1, we investigated whether SUVs on PSMA PET would correlate with HOXB13 expression. Methods: We analyzed 2 independent PC patient cohorts who underwent PSMA PET/CT for initial staging or for biochemical recurrence. In the discovery cohort, we examined the relationship between HOXB13, PSMA, and AR messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in prostate biopsy specimens from 179 patients who underwent PSMA PET/CT with 18F-piflufolastat. In the validation cohort, we confirmed the relationship between HOXB13, PSMA, and AR by comparing protein expression in prostatectomy and lymph node (LN) sections from 19 patients enrolled in 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PET clinical trials. Correlation and association analyses were also used to confirm the relationship between the markers, LN positivity, and PSMA PET SUVs. Results: We observed a significant correlation between PSMA and HOXB13 mRNA (P < 0.01). The association between HOXB13 and 18F-piflufolastat SUVs was also significant (SUVmax, P = 0.0005; SUVpeak, P = 0.0006). Likewise, the PSMA SUVmax was significantly associated with the expression of HOXB13 protein in the 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PET cohort (P = 0.008). Treatment-naïve patients with LN metastases demonstrated elevated HOXB13 and PSMA levels in their tumors as well as higher PSMA tracer uptake and low AR expression. Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate that HOXB13 correlates with PSMA expression and PSMA PET SUVs at the mRNA and protein levels. Our study suggests that the PSMA PET findings may reflect oncogenic HOXB13 transcriptional activity in PC, thus potentially serving as an imaging biomarker for more aggressive disease.
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- Duminduni Hewa Angappulige
- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Public Health, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri;
- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and
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Ma KC, Mena E, Lindenberg L, Lay NS, Eclarinal P, Citrin DE, Pinto PA, Wood BJ, Dahut WL, Gulley JL, Madan RA, Choyke PL, Turkbey IB, Harmon SA. Deep learning-based whole-body PSMA PET/CT attenuation correction utilizing Pix-2-Pix GAN. Oncotarget 2024; 15:288-300. [PMID: 38712741 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Sequential PET/CT studies oncology patients can undergo during their treatment follow-up course is limited by radiation dosage. We propose an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to produce attenuation-corrected PET (AC-PET) images from non-attenuation-corrected PET (NAC-PET) images to reduce need for low-dose CT scans. METHODS A deep learning algorithm based on 2D Pix-2-Pix generative adversarial network (GAN) architecture was developed from paired AC-PET and NAC-PET images. 18F-DCFPyL PSMA PET-CT studies from 302 prostate cancer patients, split into training, validation, and testing cohorts (n = 183, 60, 59, respectively). Models were trained with two normalization strategies: Standard Uptake Value (SUV)-based and SUV-Nyul-based. Scan-level performance was evaluated by normalized mean square error (NMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), structural similarity index (SSIM), and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR). Lesion-level analysis was performed in regions-of-interest prospectively from nuclear medicine physicians. SUV metrics were evaluated using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), repeatability coefficient (RC), and linear mixed-effects modeling. RESULTS Median NMSE, MAE, SSIM, and PSNR were 13.26%, 3.59%, 0.891, and 26.82, respectively, in the independent test cohort. ICC for SUVmax and SUVmean were 0.88 and 0.89, which indicated a high correlation between original and AI-generated quantitative imaging markers. Lesion location, density (Hounsfield units), and lesion uptake were all shown to impact relative error in generated SUV metrics (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSION The Pix-2-Pix GAN model for generating AC-PET demonstrates SUV metrics that highly correlate with original images. AI-generated PET images show clinical potential for reducing the need for CT scans for attenuation correction while preserving quantitative markers and image quality.
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- Kevin C Ma
- Artificial Intelligence Resource, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Artificial Intelligence Resource, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Interventional Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Immuno-Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Artificial Intelligence Resource, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Artificial Intelligence Resource, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Artificial Intelligence Resource, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Wang X, Martin D, Hogan T, Veselicky K. Pluvicto-Induced 18 F-PSMA PET Bone Flare. Clin Nucl Med 2024; 49:342-343. [PMID: 38389206 DOI: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000005104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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ABSTRACT A 79-year-old man with a history of metastatic prostate cancer was initially treated with Eligard and switched to relugolix in 2021. The 2022 bone scan presented superscan and extensive osseous metastatic lesions; some had intense PSMA uptake on the initial PSMA PET scan without nodal or visceral metastatic lesions. We treated him with Pluvicto and relugolix. The intermediate PSMA scan demonstrated prominent bone marrow PSMA uptake. However, PSA decreased 58.5%. We hypothesized that the patient might have a bone flare. The final PSMA scan confirmed our hypothesis. Based on our knowledge, this is the first case of Pluvicto-induced bone flare.
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- Cancer Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
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Ouvrard E, Kaseb A, Poterszman N, Porot C, Somme F, Imperiale A. Nuclear medicine imaging for bone metastases assessment: what else besides bone scintigraphy in the era of personalized medicine? Front Med (Lausanne) 2024; 10:1320574. [PMID: 38288299 PMCID: PMC10823373 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1320574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
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Accurate detection and reliable assessment of therapeutic responses in bone metastases are imperative for guiding treatment decisions, preserving quality of life, and ultimately enhancing overall survival. Nuclear imaging has historically played a pivotal role in this realm, offering a diverse range of radiotracers and imaging modalities. While the conventional bone scan using 99mTc marked bisphosphonates has remained widely utilized, its diagnostic performance is hindered by certain limitations. Positron emission tomography, particularly when coupled with computed tomography, provides improved spatial resolution and diagnostic performance with various pathology-specific radiotracers. This review aims to evaluate the performance of different nuclear imaging modalities in clinical practice for detecting and monitoring the therapeutic responses in bone metastases of diverse origins, addressing their limitations and implications for image interpretation.
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- Eric Ouvrard
- Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe (ICANS), University Hospitals of Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe (ICANS), University Hospitals of Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe (ICANS), University Hospitals of Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Radiopharmacy, Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe (ICANS), Strasbourg, France
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- Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe (ICANS), University Hospitals of Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe (ICANS), University Hospitals of Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- IPHC, UMR 7178, CNRS/Unistra, Strasbourg, France
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Sonni I, Gafita A, Unterrainer LM, Alano RM, Lira S, Shen J, Drakaki A, Grogan T, Rettig MB, Czernin J, Calais J. Effects of novel androgen receptor signaling inhibitors on PSMA PET signal intensity in patients with castrate-resistant prostate cancer: a prospective exploratory serial imaging study. EJNMMI Res 2023; 13:95. [PMID: 37902861 PMCID: PMC10616012 DOI: 10.1186/s13550-023-01048-4] [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: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND PSMA expression is influenced by hormonal status. We evaluated changes in PSA and whole-body 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT (WB-PSMA PET) after initiation of androgen receptor signaling inhibitors (ARSi). METHODS Prospectively enrolled patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) initiating ARSi underwent serial PSA measurements and WB-PSMA PET at baseline, 1-week, and 3-months post-ARSi. We correlated WB-PSMA PET metrics and PSA kinetics after ARSi to 1-year clinical outcome. RESULTS Due to low enrollment rate, the study was closed before reaching the recruitment goal of 30 patients. Nine patients were enrolled. At 1-year, unfavorable outcome was documented in 6/9 (66%) patients. Nine/9 patients completed PSMA PET at 1-week, 5/9 at 3-months. Changes in PSA, PSMA-VOL, SUVmean and SUVmax were - 12%, + 5%, + 3%, and + 10% at 1-week, - 42%, - 16%, - 15% and - 17% at 3-months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our prospective trial involving 9 mCRPC patients initiating ARSi did not show significant modulation of PSMA expression measured on WB-PSMA PET at 1-week. This study was registered on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04279561).
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- Ida Sonni
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-7370, USA.
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine Statistics Core, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Onal C, Guler OC, Torun N, Oymak E, Reyhan M. The significance of metabolic response to neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy detected with [ 68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11-PET/CT in high-risk prostate cancer patients treated with definitive radiotherapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2023; 50:3755-3764. [PMID: 37402832 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-023-06321-1] [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: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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PURPOSE We examined the prognostic significance of early changes in primary tumor SUV measured with Gallium-68-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography ([68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11-PET/CT) and serum PSA values after neoadjuvant androgen deprivation treatment (nADT) in high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) patients treated with definitive radiotherapy (RT). METHODS The clinical data and SUV parameters of 71 PCa patients were reviewed retrospectively. The serum PSA and primary tumor SUV values were calculated before and after the start of ADT. Using univariable and multivariable analyses, the prognostic factors predicting biochemical disease free survival (bDFS) and prostate cancer specific survival (PCSS) were investigated. In addition, logistic regression analysis was used to identify predictors of biochemical failure (BF). RESULTS All but one patient responded with a 98.8% reduction in serum PSA (21.8 ng/mL vs. 0.3 ng/mL; p < 0.001), and 64 patients (91.1%) had a median 66.6% decrease in primary tumor SUV after ADT (13.2 vs. 4.8, p < 0.001). The primary tumor SUV response rate was significantly higher in patients with Gleason score (GS) of 7 than in patients with GS > 7 (59.5% vs. 40.5%; p = 0.04), and it was significantly lower in patients with inadequate treatment response than in those with complete (CR) or partial response (PR) (1.1% vs. 66.1%; p < 0.001). There was a strong and significant correlation (Spearman = 0.41, p < 0.001) and a high concordance (91.5%) between PSA response and SUV response after ADT. With a median follow-up time of 76.1 months, the 5-year bDFS and PCSS rates were 77.2% and 92.2%, respectively. Nineteen patients (26.7%) patients had recurrence at a median of 44.6 months after the completion of RT. In multivariate analysis, lymph node metastasis, GS greater than 7, and SD/PD after nADT were independent predictors of worse bDFS. However, no significant factor for PCSS was identified. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, advanced age, GS of > 7 disease, lymph node metastasis, and SD or PD after nADT were independent predictors of BF. CONCLUSION These results imply that the metabolic response measured with [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11-PET/CT after nADT could be used to predict progression in high-risk PCa patients treated with definitive RT.
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- Cem Onal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Research and Treatment Center, Adana, 01120, Turkey.
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Research and Treatment Center, Adana, 01120, Turkey
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Research and Treatment Center, Adana, Turkey
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Iskenderun Gelisim Hospital, Hatay, Turkey
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Research and Treatment Center, Adana, Turkey
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Gravestock P, Somani BK, Tokas T, Rai BP. A Review of Modern Imaging Landscape for Prostate Cancer: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12031186. [PMID: 36769834 PMCID: PMC9918161 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12031186] [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: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The development of prostate cancer imaging is rapidly evolving, with many changes to the way patients are diagnosed, staged, and monitored for recurrence following treatment. New developments, including the potential role of imaging in screening and the combined diagnostic and therapeutic applications in the field of theranostics, are underway. In this paper, we aim to outline the current landscape in prostate cancer imaging and look to the future at the potential modalities and applications to come.
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- Paul Gravestock
- Department of Urology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, General Hospital Hall in Tirol, 6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria
- Training and Research in Urological Surgery and Technology (T.R.U.S.T.)-Group, 6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
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Jetty S, Loftus JR, Patel A, Gupta A, Puri S, Dogra V. Prostate Cancer-PET Imaging Update. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15030796. [PMID: 36765754 PMCID: PMC9913636 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15030796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Prostate cancer is the most common non-dermatologic cancer in men, and one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality. The incidence of prostate cancer increases precipitously after the age of 65 and demonstrates variable aggressiveness, depending on its grade and stage at diagnosis. Despite recent advancements in prostate cancer treatment, recurrence is seen in 25% of patients. Advancements in prostate cancer Positron Emission Tomography (PET) molecular imaging and recent United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals have led to several new options for evaluating prostate cancer. This manuscript will review the commonly used molecular imaging agents, with an emphasis on Fluorine-18 fluciclovine (Axumin) and PSMA-ligand agents, including their protocols, imaging interpretation, and pitfalls.
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- Sankarsh Jetty
- Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, NY 14642, USA
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