Lara Franziska Stolzenbach, Florian Löcherbach, Katharina Wargenau, Randi Pose, Thomas Steuber, Zhe Tian, Lars Budäus, Derya Tilki, Markus Graefen, Daniel Köhler, Pierre I Karakiewicz, Markus Sauer, Ivayla Ilieva Apostolova, Tobias Maurer, Christoph Berliner
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Abstract
Aim: Few small-scaled studies performed systematic analysis of the benefits of extending prostate specific membrane antigen positron-emission tomography/ computed tomography (68Ga-PSMA I&T PET/CT) to the lower extremities in prostate cancer (PCa) patients. We hypothesized that 68Ga-PSMA I&T PET/CT positive lesions are rare in lower extremities of prostate cancer (PCa) patients, the clinical implication is negligible and may therefore be omitted.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 1,068 PCa patients who received 68Ga-PSMA I&T PET/CT in a single institution (2016-2018). Of those, 285 (26.7%) were newly diagnosed, 529 (49.5%) had biochemical recurrence (BCR) and 254 (23.8%) were castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients.
Results: Of 1,068 68Ga-PSMA I&T PET/CTs, positive lesions in the lower extremities were identified in 6.9% patients (n=74). Positive lesions in the lower extremities were most common in CRPC patients (19.7%; n=50), followed by newly diagnosed (3.2%; n=9) and BCR (2.8%; n=15) PCa patients. Only 3 patients presented with exclusive lesions in the lower extremities, respectively 0.8% (n=2) in CRPC and 0.4% (n=1) in newly diagnosed PCa. Both CRPC (94.1%, n=47) and BCR (80.0%, n=12) patients with PSMA-positive lesions predominantly received systemic therapy.
Conclusion: Identification of lower extremities lesions with PSMA PET/CT is uncommon and exclusive lesions are rare. PSMA PET/CT findings of the lower extremities did not change therapy management. Thus, scanning of the lower extremities can be omitted in standard protocols.
期刊介绍:
Als Standes- und Fachorgan (Organ von Deutscher Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin (DGN), Österreichischer Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin und Molekulare Bildgebung (ÖGN), Schweizerischer Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin (SGNM, SSNM)) von hohem wissenschaftlichen Anspruch befasst sich die CME-zertifizierte Nuklearmedizin/ NuclearMedicine mit Diagnostik und Therapie in der Nuklearmedizin und dem Strahlenschutz: Originalien, Übersichtsarbeiten, Referate und Kongressberichte stellen aktuelle Themen der Diagnose und Therapie dar.
Ausführliche Berichte aus den DGN-Arbeitskreisen, Nachrichten aus Forschung und Industrie sowie Beschreibungen innovativer technischer Geräte, Einrichtungen und Systeme runden das Konzept ab.
Die Abstracts der Jahrestagungen dreier europäischer Fachgesellschaften sind Bestandteil der Kongressausgaben.
Nuklearmedizin erscheint regelmäßig mit sechs Ausgaben pro Jahr und richtet sich vor allem an Nuklearmediziner, Radiologen, Strahlentherapeuten, Medizinphysiker und Radiopharmazeuten.