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ArticleNuclear medicine communications2016

The combination of 13N-ammonia and 18F-FDG whole-body PET/CT on the same day for diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer.

Chang Yi, Donglan Yu, Xinchong Shi, Xiangsong Zhang, Ganhua Luo, Qiao He, Xuezhen Zhang

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Article in Nuclear medicine communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chang YiDepartments of aNuclear Medicine bMedical Equipment, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Donglan Yu
Xinchong Shi
Xiangsong Zhang
Ganhua Luo
Qiao He
Xuezhen Zhang
Creative Commons · USSun Yat-sen University · CNThe First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of 13N-ammonia and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET performed on the same day in the detection of advanced prostate cancer (PC) and its metastases. PATIENTS AND

methodsTwenty-six patients with high-risk PC [Gleason score 8-10 or prostate-specific antigen (PSA)> 20 ng/ml or clinical tumor extension ≥ T2c] were recruited into the study. 13N-Ammonia and 18F-FDG PET/CT were performed on the same day (18F-FDG followed ammonia, with an interval of a minimum of 2 h). Lesions were interpreted as positive, negative, or equivocal. Patient-based and field-based performance characteristics for both imaging techniques were reported.

resultsThere was significant correlation between 13N-ammonia and 18F-FDG PET/CT in the detection of primary PC (κ=0.425, P=0.001) and no significant difference in sensitivity (60.2 vs. 54.5%) and specificity (100 vs. 83.3%). The maximum standard uptake values and corresponding target-to-background ratio values of the concordantly positive lesions in prostate glands in the two studies did not differ significantly (P=0.124 and 0.075, respectively). The sensitivity and specificity of PET imaging using 13N-ammonia for lymph node metastases were 77.5 and 96.3%, respectively, whereas the values were 75 and 44.4% using 18F-FDG. The two modalities were highly correlated with respect to the detection of lymph nodes and bone metastases.

conclusionThe concordance between the two imaging modalities suggests a clinical impact of 13N-ammonia PET/CT in advanced PC patients as well as of 18F-FDG. 13N-Ammonia is a useful PET tracer and a complement to 18F-FDG for detecting primary focus and distant metastases in PC. The combination of these two tracers on the same day can accurately detect advanced PC.

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AmmoniaFluorodeoxyglucose F18Nitrogen RadioisotopesPositron-Emission TomographyTomography, X-Ray ComputedAgedAged, 80 and overBone NeoplasmsFemaleHumansLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedMultimodal ImagingProstatic NeoplasmsTime FactorsAmmoniaFluorodeoxyglucose F18Nitrogen Radioisotopes

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PMID26588068
PMCPMC4727500
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