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ArticleAnnals of nuclear medicine2023

Enhancing PSMA PET/CT imaging of prostate cancer: investigating the impact of multiple time point evaluation, diuretic administration, cribriform pattern, and intraductal carcinoma.

Levent A Guner, Kemal Unal, Volkan Beylergil, Mustafa Bilal Tuna, Yesim Saglican, Erkan Vardareli, Ali Riza Kural

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Article in Annals of nuclear medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Levent A GunerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Acibadem University, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey. levent.guner@acibadem.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8442-1600
Kemal UnalDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Acibadem University, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey.
Volkan BeylergilDepartment of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA.
Mustafa Bilal TunaDepartment of Urology, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yesim SaglicanDepartment of Pathology, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Erkan VardareliDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Acibadem University, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ali Riza KuralDepartment of Urology, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Acıbadem University · TRColumbia University Irving Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveOur objective was to correlate staging PSMA PET imaging parameters to final histopathology. Second objective was to assess the performance of standard versus delayed PSMA PET to detect primary prostate tumor.

methodsThirty-one patients (mean age, 61.4 ± 8.2) who underwent radical prostatectomy and preoperative staging PSMA PET scans were included in the study. After defining dominant lesion in pathology, correlations with PET images were performed. Additionally, two physicians blind to clinical and pathological information retrospectively reviewed staging Ga-68 PSMA PET scans with standard and delayed imaging.

resultsDominant lesion SUV's increased with time 8.2(± 4.5), 10(± 7.1), and 10.2(± 7.8) at 1, 2, and 3 h (P = .03 T1-T3). WHO Grade group 3 had highest SUV (group 3 11.9 ± 5.6 vs. group 2 7.9 ± 1.5, p = .02). Addition of cribriform pattern on intraductal component was associated with higher SUV's (11 ± 2.9 vs. 6.5 ± 2.1, p = .01) and higher Gleason four ratios (64 ± 9% vs. 37 ± 17%, p = .01). Intraductal carcinoma was associated with larger tumors (6.3 ± 2.3 cm

conclusionsCribriform pattern correlates with higher Gleason 4 ratios and SUVs in PSMA PET. Intraductal carcinoma is associated with larger tumors but not higher Gleason 4 ratios and SUVs. Multiple late imaging times did not enhance tumor detection and may pose tolerability issues for some patients.

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Carcinoma, Intraductal, NoninfiltratingProstatic NeoplasmsAgedDiureticsGallium RadioisotopesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRetrospective StudiesDiureticsGallium-68Gallium RadioisotopesCribriform patternDelayed imagingIntraductal cancerProstate cancerPSMA PET

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PMID37783903
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