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ArticleCancers2021

Predicting the Risk of Metastases by PSMA-PET/CT-Evaluation of 335 Men with Treatment-Naïve Prostate Carcinoma.

Stefan A Koerber, Johannes Boesch, Clemens Kratochwil, Ingmar Schlampp, Jonas Ristau, Erik Winter, Stefanie Zschaebitz, Luisa Hofer, Klaus Herfarth, Klaus Kopka and 6 more

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Stefan A KoerberDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Johannes BoeschDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Clemens KratochwilDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Ingmar SchlamppDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Jonas RistauDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Erik WinterDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Stefanie ZschaebitzDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Luisa HoferDepartment of Urology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Klaus HerfarthDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Klaus KopkaGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Dresden, 01328 Dresden, Germany.
Tim Holland-LetzDepartment of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Dirk JaegerDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Markus HohenfellnerDepartment of Urology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Uwe HaberkornDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Juergen DebusDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6411-4811
Frederik L GieselDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Men diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer are at high risk of local relapse or systemic progression after definitive treatment. Treatment intensification is highly needed for that patient cohort; however, no relevant stratification tool has been implemented into the clinical work routine so far. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to analyze the role of initial PSMA-PET/CT as a prediction tool for metastases. In total, 335 men with biopsy-proven prostate carcinoma and PSMA-PET/CT for primary staging were enrolled in the present, retrospective study. The number and site of metastases were analyzed and correlated with the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of the intraprostatic, malignant lesion. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to determine sensitivity and specificity and a model was created using multiple logistic regression. PSMA-PET/CT detected 171 metastases with PSMA-uptake in 82 patients. A statistically significant higher SUVmax was found for men with metastatic disease than for the cohort without distant metastases (median 16.1 vs. 11.2;

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intraprostatic SUVmetastasesPETprostate cancerPSMA

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PMID33805971
PMCPMC8037082
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