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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2019

Recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy: restaging performance of 18F-choline hybrid PET/MRI.

Verane Achard, Giorgio Lamanna, Antoine Denis, Thomas De Perrot, Ismini Charis Mainta, Osman Ratib, Christophe Iselin, Raymond Miralbell, Valentina Garibotto, Thomas Zilli

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Article in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. PET/MRI in prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2021
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  2. Controversies in the use of next-generation imaging for evaluation and treatment decision-making in patients with prostate cancer after biochemical recurrence: views from a Spanish expert panel.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  3. How to tailor the radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy in the modern era of molecular imaging, genomic testing, and technology development?Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Verane AchardRadiation Oncology Division, Geneva University Hospital, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland.
Giorgio LamannaRadiation Oncology Division, Geneva University Hospital, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland.
Antoine DenisNuclear Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Thomas De PerrotRadiology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ismini Charis MaintaNuclear Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Osman RatibNuclear Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Christophe IselinUrology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Raymond MiralbellRadiation Oncology Division, Geneva University Hospital, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland.
Valentina GaribottoNuclear Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Thomas ZilliRadiation Oncology Division, Geneva University Hospital, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland. Thomas.Zilli@hcuge.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4784-9883

Funding

Fondation pour la lutte contre le cancer et pour des recherches médico-biologiques, Geneva, Switzerland. Fondation pour la lutte contre le cancer et pour des recherches médico-biologiques, Geneva, Switzerland.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To evaluate the diagnostic performance of a whole-body 18F-choline (FCH) hybrid PET/MRI for prostate cancer patients at biochemical relapse after radical prostatectomy (RP) compared to pelvic multiparametric MRI (mpMRI), one of the standard imaging modality for this patient population. From 2010 to 2016, 58 whole-body FCH PET/MRI studies with mpMRI acquisitions were performed in 53 prostate cancer patients relapsing after curative RP. Median PSA and PSA doubling time (PSA DT) at PET study were 1.5 ng/ml and 6.5 months, respectively. The overall positivity rate of FCH PET/MRI was 58.6% (n = 34), dropping to 44% in patients with a PSA ≤ 2 ng/ml (n = 36). Median PSA values in positive and negative PET/MRI studies were 2.2 ng/ml and 0.8 ng/ml, respectively, with no differences in PSA DT (6.5 vs. 6.6 months). A PSA value ≥ 1.5 ng/ml was a significant predictor of positivity on PET/MRI studies. Compared to PET, mpMRI identified more local relapses (17 vs. 14, p = 0.453) while PET outperformed whole-body Dixon MRI for regional (16 vs. 9, p = 0.016) and distant (12 vs. 6, p = 0.031) metastases. Compared to pelvic mpMRI, the treatment approach turned out to be influenced more frequently using whole-body FCH hybrid PET/MRI studies (58.6% vs. 38%). In prostate cancer patients with biochemical recurrence after RP, whole-body FCH PET/MRI achieved a higher detection rate of nodal/distant metastases compared to pelvic mpMRI alone, increasing the change of treatment strategy by more than 20%.

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