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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2026

Bone matters: Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT volumetrics predict PSA-PFS and OS in bone-dominant mCRPC patients treated with [¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-PSMA-617.

Mehmet Oğuz Kartal, Ayşenur Sinem Kartal, Nazım Coşkun, Mehmet Ali Nahit Şendur, Elif Özdemir

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2026. 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. Baseline PSMA PET/CT Biomarkers for Patient Selection in [Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. FDG/PSMA discordance in [Frontiers in oncology · 2026
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Mehmet Oğuz KartalDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Elazığ Fethi Sekin City Hospital, Elazığ, Türkiye. m.oguzkartal@gmail.com.ORCID 0009-0009-6440-4219
Ayşenur Sinem KartalDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Elazığ Fethi Sekin City Hospital, Elazığ, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-1745-6672
Nazım CoşkunDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Türkiye.
Mehmet Ali Nahit ŞendurDepartment of Oncology, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Türkiye.
Elif ÖzdemirDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Türkiye.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of baseline, interim, and change-based (Δ) volumetric parameters derived from PSMA PET/CT imaging in predicting PSA progression-free survival (PSA-PFS) and overall survival (OS) in bone-dominant metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients treated with [¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-PSMA-617.

methodsThis retrospective study included 56 bone-dominant mCRPC patients who underwent [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-PSMA PET/CT imaging before and after two cycles of [¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-PSMA therapy. Quantitative parameters, including SUVmean, PSMA tumor volume (PSMA-TV), and total lesion PSMA activity (TL-PSMA), were extracted using a fixed threshold of SUV ≥ 3. Δ values were calculated as the relative change between baseline and interim scans. Associations with PSA-PFS and OS were analyzed using Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier survival analyses.

resultsThe presence of new lesions on interim PSMA PET/CT and a reduction of PSMA-TV

conclusionIn bone-dominant mCRPC patients treated with [¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-PSMA, ΔPSMA-TV

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Bone NeoplasmsDipeptidesHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingOrganometallic CompoundsPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantAgedAged, 80 and overGallium IsotopesGallium RadioisotopesHumansLutetiumMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProgression-Free SurvivalDipeptidesgallium 68 PSMA-11Gallium IsotopesGallium RadioisotopesHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingLutetiumOrganometallic CompoundsPluvictoProstate-Specific AntigenPSMA-617[¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-PSMA therapyBone-dominant mCRPCBone metastasesOverall survivalPrognostic biomarkerPSA Progression-Free survivalPSMA PET/CTRadioligand therapyVolumetric parameters

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