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ArticleEJNMMI research2018

Hallmarks in prostate cancer imaging with Ga68-PSMA-11-PET/CT with reference to detection limits and quantitative properties.

Alejandro Sanchez-Crespo, Emma Jussing, Ann-Charlotte Björklund, Katja Pokrovskaja Tamm

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Alejandro Sanchez-CrespoDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. alejandro.sanchez-crespo@sll.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5964-0024
Emma JussingDepartment of Radiopharmacy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ann-Charlotte BjörklundDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Katja Pokrovskaja TammDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Stockholms Läns Landsting Clinical research appointment
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGallium-68-labeled prostate-specific antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging (Ga68-PSMA-11-PET/CT) has emerged as a potential gold standard for prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis. However, the imaging limitations of this technique at the early state of PCa recurrence/metastatic spread are still not well characterized. The aim of this study was to determine the quantitative properties and the fundamental imaging limits of Ga68-PSMA-11-PET/CT in localizing small PCa cell deposits.

methodsThe human PCa LNCaP cells (PSMA expressing) were grown and collected as single cell suspension or as 3D-spheroids at different cell numbers and incubated with Ga68-PSMA-11. Thereafter, human HCT116 cells (PSMA negative) were added to a total cell number of 2 × 10

resultsA total of 1 × 10

conclusionsGa68-PSMA-11-PET detects a small number of LNCaP cells even when they are mixed in a population of non-PSMA expressing cells and in the presence of background. The obtained image detection limits and characteristic quantification properties of Ga68-PSMA-11-PET/CT are essential hallmarks for the individualization of patient management. The use of the standardized uptake value for Ga68-PSMA-11-PET/CT image quantification should be precluded.

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Detection limitsImage quantificationPETProstate cancerPSMA

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PMCPMC5884747

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