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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2018

Impact of long-term androgen deprivation therapy on PSMA ligand PET/CT in patients with castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

Ali Afshar-Oromieh, Nils Debus, Monika Uhrig, Thomas A Hope, Michael J Evans, Tim Holland-Letz, Frederik L Giesel, Klaus Kopka, Boris Hadaschik, Clemens Kratochwil and 1 more

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Article 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. Cited by 93 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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93citing 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ali Afshar-OromiehDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. a.afshar@gmx.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4492-4243
Nils DebusDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Monika UhrigDepartment of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Thomas A HopeDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Michael J EvansDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Tim Holland-LetzDepartment of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Frederik L GieselDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Klaus KopkaDivision of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Boris HadaschikDepartment of Urology, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Clemens KratochwilDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Uwe HaberkornDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
German Cancer Research Center · DEHeidelberg University · DEUniversity of California, San Francisco · USEssen University Hospital · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSince the introduction of PSMA PET/CT with

methodsA retrospective analysis was performed of all 1,704 patients who underwent a

resultsOverall, 31 PC lesions were visible in all ten patients before initiation of ADT. However, during ongoing ADT (duration 42-369 days, median 230 days), only 14 lesions were visible in eight of the ten patients. The average tracer uptake values decreased in 71% and increased in 12.9% of the PC lesions. Of all lesions, 33.3% were still visible in six patients with a complete PSA response (≤0.1 ng/ml).

conclusionContinuous long-term ADT significantly reduces the visibility of castration-sensitive PC on PSMA PET/CT. If the objective is visualization of the maximum possible extent of disease, we recommend referring patients for PSMA PET/CT before starting ADT.

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CastrationOligopeptidesPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyAgedAndrogensEdetic AcidGallium IsotopesGallium RadioisotopesHumansLigandsMaleMiddle AgedProstatic NeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsAndrogensEdetic Acidgallium 68 PSMA-11Gallium IsotopesGallium RadioisotopesLigandsOligopeptides68Ga-PSMA-11Androgen deprivation therapyPET/CTProstate cancerProstate-specific membrane antigenPSMA

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