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ArticleCancers2022

Distant Nodes Seen on PSMA PET-CT Staging Predicts Post-Treatment Progression in Men with Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer-A Prospective Cohort Study.

Sean Ong, Claire Pascoe, Brian D Kelly, Zita Ballok, David Webb, Damien Bolton, Declan Murphy, Shomik Sengupta, Patrick Bowden, Nathan Lawrentschuk

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sean OngEJ Whitten Foundation Prostate Cancer Research Centre, Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1117-2409
Claire PascoeEJ Whitten Foundation Prostate Cancer Research Centre, Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.
Brian D KellyDivision of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
Zita BallokDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Richmond Medical Imaging, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.
David WebbEJ Whitten Foundation Prostate Cancer Research Centre, Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.
Damien BoltonEJ Whitten Foundation Prostate Cancer Research Centre, Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.
Declan MurphyEJ Whitten Foundation Prostate Cancer Research Centre, Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.
Shomik SenguptaDepartment of Urology, Eastern Health, Box Hill, VIC 3128, Australia.
Patrick BowdenEJ Whitten Foundation Prostate Cancer Research Centre, Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.
Nathan LawrentschukEJ Whitten Foundation Prostate Cancer Research Centre, Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8553-5618
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia · AUEastern Health · AUPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PSMA PET-CT scans are now recommended in international urological guidelines for primary staging and re-staging of prostate cancer. However, there is little published literature on the clinical outcomes for patients after treatment decisions made using PSMA PET-CT results. This is a multisite, prospective cohort study investigating the clinical outcomes of men who received treatment plans based on PSMA PET-CT results for primary staging. Men with biopsy proven prostate cancer received a PSMA PET-CT scan for primary staging. Treatment plans were recommended by multidisciplinary teams (MDT). After treatment, these men were followed with 6 monthly PSA tests and imaging or biopsies if recommended by MDT. The primary outcome was treatment progression defined as the addition or change of any treatment modalities such as androgen deprivation therapy, radiation therapy or chemotherapy. In total, 80% of men did not have any treatment progression after enactment of treatment based on PSMA PET-CT primary staging results at 29 months of follow up. Men who had distant nodes seen on PSMA PET-CT had a 5 times increased risk of treatment progression. Larger studies with longer follow up are needed to validate our results and optimise the way clinicians use PSMA PET-CT results to guide management.

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primary stagingprostate cancerPSMA PET

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PMID36551620
PMCPMC9777123
OpenAlexW4311236616

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