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ReviewEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2018

Targeting PSMA by radioligands in non-prostate disease-current status and future perspectives.

Philipp Backhaus, Benjamin Noto, Nemanja Avramovic, Lena Sophie Grubert, Sebastian Huss, Martin Bögemann, Lars Stegger, Matthias Weckesser, Michael Schäfers, Kambiz Rahbar

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In one paragraph

Review in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03537391 (Imaging for Prostate Cancer Metastasis Detection - Traditional Imaging), which is not on this map. Cited by 64 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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64citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03537391 nacompletednot on this map

Imaging for Prostate Cancer Metastasis Detection - Traditional Imaging (Bone Scan and CT) Versus PSMA-PET-CT, SPECT-CT and Whole-Body MRI

TypeinterventionalSponsorTurku University HospitalRan2018 to 2022Enrolled80ConditionsHigh Risk Prostate CancerArmsWhole body contrast enhanced computer tomography, 99mTC-HMDP planar bone scintigraphy (BS), 99mTc-HMDP single photon emission computer tomography/computer tomography, Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging, Fluorine-18-prostate specific membrane antigen-1007- positron emission tomography/computer tomography
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Safety, Biodistribution, and Radiation Dosimetry ofJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2021
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  7. PSMA expression in hepatic colorectal cancer metastasis.Journal of pathology and translational medicine · 2026
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  9. Molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy · 2025
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  13. Current trends in the characterization and monitoring of vascular response to cancer therapy.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2024
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  20. (Research in diagnostic and interventional imaging · 2023
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4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Philipp BackhausDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Benjamin NotoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Nemanja AvramovicDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Lena Sophie GrubertDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Sebastian HussGerhard Domagk Institute for Pathology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Martin BögemannDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
Lars SteggerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Matthias WeckesserDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Michael SchäfersDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Kambiz RahbarDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany. rahbar@uni-muenster.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4591-4055
University Hospital Münster · DEUniversity of Münster · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProstate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is the up-and-coming target for molecular imaging of prostate cancer. Despite its name, non-prostate-related PSMA expression in physiologic tissue as well as in benign and malignant disease has been reported in various publications. Unlike in prostate cancer, PSMA expression is only rarely observed in non-prostate tumor cells. Instead, expression occurs in endothelial cells of tumor-associated neovasculature, although no endothelial expression is observed under physiologic conditions. The resulting potential for tumor staging in non-prostate malignant tumors has been demonstrated in first patient studies. This review summarizes the first clinical studies and deduces future perspectives in staging, molecular characterization, and PSMA-targeted radionuclide therapy based on histopathologic examinations of PSMA expression.

conclusionsThe non-exclusivity of PSMA in prostate cancer opens a window to utilize the spectrum of available radioactive PSMA ligands for imaging and molecular characterization and maybe even therapy of non-prostate disease.

Indexed as

Gene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLigandsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeoplasmsProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic NeoplasmsRadiopharmaceuticalsWhole Body ImagingLigandsProstate-Specific AntigenRadiopharmaceuticalsAngiogenesisEndotheliumPET/CTProstate cancerProstate-specific membrane antigenPSMA

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PMID29335762
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