İhsan Kaplan, Ferat Kepenek, Yunus Güzel, Canan Can, Halil Kömek
{"title":"The Role of 68Ga FAPI-04 and 18F-FDG PET/CT in Detecting Liver Metastases in Different Types of Cancer.","authors":"İhsan Kaplan, Ferat Kepenek, Yunus Güzel, Canan Can, Halil Kömek","doi":"10.1055/a-2127-7699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2127-7699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We compared the diagnostic accuracies of <sup>68</sup>Ga FAPI-04 PET/CT and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT for detecting liver metastases (LMs) in patients with different cancer types.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This retrospective study included 63 patients with liver lesions who underwent <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT and <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT between May 2020 and May 2022. Patients with histopathologically confirmed primary diagnoses, data that could be accessed retrospectively, liver lesions confirmed by biopsy over at least 3-6 months of follow-up (via ultrasonography, CT, magnetic resonance imaging, PET/CT, or laboratory tests) were included. Patients with secondary malignancies or primary liver malignancies, and/or who could not be followed-up, were excluded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 63 total patients, 34 (54%) were female, and the mean age was 61 (30-92) years. There were 582 LMs in 51 patients and 35 benign liver lesions in 20 (12 patients had only benign and 8 both benign and malignant lesions). Of the 582 LMs, 472 (81.1%) evidenced <sup>18</sup>F-FDG uptake and 572 (98.2%) <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI uptake. The diagnostic accuracies of <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI PET/CT and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT were 98% and 82%, respectively (p < 0.001; McNemar test). When the LMs were compared, the maximum standardized uptake (SUVmax) value was significantly higher on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT than <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI PET/CT (median: 6.0 vs. 5.4; p = 0.016). However, the LM-to-background ratio (TBR) was significantly higher on <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI PET/CT than <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT (median: 4.1 vs. 2.1; p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong><sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI PET/CT detected more LMs than did <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT, and TBR was significantly higher on <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI PET/CT than <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT.</p>","PeriodicalId":19238,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin-nuclear Medicine","volume":"62 4","pages":"252-259"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10150877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"99mTc-MDP Bone Scan and 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging of Primary Hepatic Osteosarcoma.","authors":"Yao Liu, Wen Tang, Zhongke Huang","doi":"10.1055/a-2036-7741","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2036-7741","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 65-year-old man presented with abdominal bloating, pain, and nausea for 5 days. Abdominal CT revealed a heterogeneous mass with a large area of calcification, and rupture of the mass was seen around the capsulafibrosa. According to pathological examination after percutaneous puncture biopsy, the histopahological and immunohistochemical findings were suggestive of metastatic or primary hepatic osteosarcoma. Whole body bone scintigraphy demonstrated elevated 99mTc-MDP activity in hepatic mass, but no skeletal lesions. The diagnosis of primary hepatic osteosarcoma was finally confirmed. PET/CT showed hepatic mass with heterogeneous high-uptake, and multiple metastases in portacaval lymph nodes, lungs and the third thoracic vertebra were considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":19238,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin-nuclear Medicine","volume":"62 4","pages":"260-262"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10159301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Philipp Rassek, Michael Schäfers, Kambiz Rahbar, Philipp Backhaus
{"title":"[18F]-PSMA-1007-PET for evaluation of kidney function.","authors":"Philipp Rassek, Michael Schäfers, Kambiz Rahbar, Philipp Backhaus","doi":"10.1055/a-2127-7880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2127-7880","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is present in the proximal tubule cells of the kidneys. This results in high renal tracer uptake in PSMA-PET, which may contain useful information on renal function. As part of the evaluation for [<sup>177</sup>Lu]-PSMA therapies, patients undergo PSMA-PET and additional [<sup>99m</sup>Tc]-mercapto-acetyltriglycine (MAG3) scintigraphy to assess renal function. Aim of this study was to evaluate estimation of renal function with [<sup>18</sup>F]-PSMA-1007-PET/CT (PSMA-PET) by comparison to timely MAG3-scintigraphies.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We retrospectively investigated 73 prostate cancer patients with 93 timely available PSMA-PET/CT, MAG3-scintigraphies and serum creatinine. For determination of split renal function in PSMA-PET/CT, we evaluated the relative unilateral total renal PSMA uptake, i.e. SUV<sub>mean</sub> multiplied by the renal volume (SRF<sub>PSMA-TOTAL</sub>) and relative unilateral maximal standardized uptake value (SRF<sub>SUV</sub>). These were compared to MAG3 split renal function (SRF<sub>MAG3</sub>) using Pearson correlation and receiver operating characteristics analysis. For determination of global renal function, correlation of bilateral total renal PSMA uptake with MAG3 tubular excretion rate and serum creatinine was assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SRF<sub>MAG3</sub> was strongly correlated with SRF<sub>PSMA-TOTAL</sub> (r= 0.872, p<0.001) and with SRF<sub>SUV</sub> (r=0.815, p<0.001). Relevant abnormalities of SRF<sub>MAG3</sub> (unilateral renal function < 25 %) could be detected with sensitivities and specificities of 90% and 92% for SRF<sub>PSMA-TOTAL</sub>, and 80% and 95% for SRF<sub>SUV</sub>. Measures of absolute renal function were only weakly correlated with bilateral total renal PSMA uptake.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Renal [<sup>18</sup>F]-PSMA-1007 uptake allowed to quantify renal split function with good accuracy based on SRF<sub>PSMA-TOTAL</sub> or SRF<sub>SUV</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":19238,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin-nuclear Medicine","volume":"62 4","pages":"244-251"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10150875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthias Fröhlich, Marc Schmalzing, Andreas Buck, Thorsten A Bley, Konstanze V Guggenberger, Rudolf A Werner
{"title":"PET-Derived Increased Inflammation in Large Vessels is linked to Relapse-Free Survival in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis.","authors":"Matthias Fröhlich, Marc Schmalzing, Andreas Buck, Thorsten A Bley, Konstanze V Guggenberger, Rudolf A Werner","doi":"10.1055/a-2053-7191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2053-7191","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Despite anti-inflammatory treatment, patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) experience relapse. We aimed to determine respective relapse predictors focusing on [<sup>18</sup>F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([<sup>18</sup>F]FDG)-PET-based parameters.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong> 21 therapy-naïve GCA patients received [<sup>18</sup>F]FDG-PET/CT. Patients were divided in two groups: those who relapsed during course of disease and those who did not. Median follow up was 15 months. [<sup>18</sup>F]FDG-PET/CT was analyzed for visual (PET vascular activity score [VAS]) and quantitative parameters, including Target-to-background-Ratio with liver (TBR<sub>liver</sub>) and jugular vein (TBR<sub>jv</sub>) serving as reference tissues. In addition, clinical parameters were tested.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> 8/21 (38.1 %) had relapse. Clinical parameters could not significantly discriminate between relapse vs no-relapse, including age (p = 0.9) or blood-based inflammatory markers (white blood cell counts [WBC] and c-reactive protein [CRP], p = 0.72, each). PETVAS score could also not differentiate between respective subgroups (p = 0.59). In a quantitative assessment, TBR<sub>jv</sub> demonstrated a trend towards significance (p = 0.28). TBR<sub>liver</sub>, however, separated between patients with and without relapse (p = 0.03).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> [<sup>18</sup>F]FDG PET quantification of vessels may be useful to identify GCA patients prone to relapse during follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":19238,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin-nuclear Medicine","volume":"62 4","pages":"229-234"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/47/f3/10-1055-a-2053-7191.PMC10477020.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10224759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyun-Yeol Nam, Seongho Seo, Myung Jun Lee, Keunyoung Kim, In Joo Kim, Kyoungjune Pak
{"title":"Correction: No association of Brain-derived neurotrophic factor with striatal dopamine transporter availability in healthy subjects.","authors":"Hyun-Yeol Nam, Seongho Seo, Myung Jun Lee, Keunyoung Kim, In Joo Kim, Kyoungjune Pak","doi":"10.1055/a-2074-0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2074-0027","url":null,"abstract":"No association of Brain-derived neurotrophic factor with striatal dopamine transporter availability in healthy subjects Hyun-Yeol Nam, Seongho Seo, Myung Jun Lee et al. Nuklearmedizin 2021; 60: 434–437 10.1055/a-1521-8572 published online: 2021-07-13 In the above-mentioned article “No association of Brain-derived neurotrophic factor with striatal dopamine transporter availability in healthy subjects” the Affiliation 4 is “Dept. of Nuclear Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital and School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea”. This was corrected in the online version on 13.06.2023 Correction","PeriodicalId":19238,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin-nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10005384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Constantin Lapa, Christoph Rischpler, Ralph Alexander Bundschuh, Alexander Dierks, Sigmund Lang, Georgi Wassilew, Volker Alt
{"title":"Value of [18F]FDG PET/CT in diagnosis and management of spondylodiscitis.","authors":"Constantin Lapa, Christoph Rischpler, Ralph Alexander Bundschuh, Alexander Dierks, Sigmund Lang, Georgi Wassilew, Volker Alt","doi":"10.1055/a-2042-9458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2042-9458","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vertebral osteomyelitis is the third most common form of osteomyelitis in patients over 50 years of age.Whereas prompt (pathogen-directed) therapy is crucially associated with better outcomes, the heterogeneous clinical presentation of disease with unspecific symptoms often delays adequate treatment initiation. Diagnosis requires a careful investigation of medical history, clinical findings and diagnostic imaging, including magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear medicine techniques.Due to its high sensitivity, [<sup>18</sup>F]FDG PET/CT is becoming increasingly important in diagnosis and management of spondylodiscitis, especially in the postoperative setting with presence of spinal hardware or other implantable devices in which MRI is limited.</p>","PeriodicalId":19238,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin-nuclear Medicine","volume":"62 3","pages":"192-199"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9523630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ozgul Ekmekcioglu, Umut Erdem, Pelin Arican, Hikmet Ozvar, Ozgur Bostanci
{"title":"The value of radioembolisation therapy on metastatic liver tumours - a single centre experience.","authors":"Ozgul Ekmekcioglu, Umut Erdem, Pelin Arican, Hikmet Ozvar, Ozgur Bostanci","doi":"10.1055/a-2026-0851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2026-0851","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Local treatments used in metastatic liver tumours efficiently control the disease and survival. Transarterial radioembolisation (TARE) is a safely used locoregional treatment method. We aim to investigate the impact of TARE on different kinds of metastatic liver tumours and the effect of pre-treatment clinical findings.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The patients with metastatic liver tumours referred to our department for radioembolisation were retrospectively evaluated. All patients were given a Y-90 glass microsphere after being selected by the appropriate clinical and imaging criteria, lung shunt fraction levels, vascular investigation, and macro aggregated albumin (MAA) scintigraphy performed in the angiography unit.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-four (17 women, 17 men) patients were suitable for the treatment. Patients were treated with 115.88±47.84 Gy Y-90 glass Microspheres. The mean survival rate was 14.59±12.59 months after treatment. Higher survival rates were detected in patients who had higher pre-treatment serum albumin levels. The optimum cut-off value of albumin to predict response to treatment was 4 g/dl with 88.89% sensitivity, 62.50% specificity, 72.73% PPV and 83.33% NPV. Furthermore, one unit increase in age increased mortality 1.152 times in our patient group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Radioembolisation is a safe and efficient method for controlling metastatic liver disease. Albumin levels significantly affect predicting response; higher albumin levels are related to higher survival rates. Furthermore, older age positively correlated with mortality rates in our patient group.</p>","PeriodicalId":19238,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin-nuclear Medicine","volume":"62 3","pages":"214-219"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9512112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hunor Kertész, Tatjana Traub-Weidinger, Jacobo Cal-Gonzalez, Ivo Rausch, Otto Muzik, Lalith Kumar Shyiam Sundar, Thomas Beyer
{"title":"Feasibility of dose reduction for [18F]FDG-PET/MR imaging of patients with non-lesional epilepsy.","authors":"Hunor Kertész, Tatjana Traub-Weidinger, Jacobo Cal-Gonzalez, Ivo Rausch, Otto Muzik, Lalith Kumar Shyiam Sundar, Thomas Beyer","doi":"10.1055/a-2015-7785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2015-7785","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of reduced injected [18F]FDG activity levels on the quantitative and diagnostic accuracy of PET images of patients with non-lesional epilepsy (NLE).Nine healthy volunteers and nine patients with NLE underwent 60-min dynamic list-mode (LM) scans on a fully-integrated PET/MRI system. Injected FDG activity levels were reduced virtually by randomly removing counts from the last 10-min of the LM data, so as to simulate the following activity levels: 50 %, 35 %, 20 %, and 10 % of the original activity. Four image reconstructions were evaluated: standard OSEM, OSEM with resolution recovery (PSF), the A-MAP, and the Asymmetrical Bowsher (AsymBowsher) algorithms. For the A-MAP algorithms, two weights were selected (low and high). Image contrast and noise levels were evaluated for all subjects while the lesion-to-background ratio (L/B) was only evaluated for patients. Patient images were scored by a Nuclear Medicine physician on a 5-point scale to assess clinical impression associated with the various reconstruction algorithms.The image contrast and L/B ratio characterizing all four reconstruction algorithms were similar, except for reconstructions based on only 10 % of total counts. Based on clinical impression, images with diagnostic quality can be achieved with as low as 35 % of the standard injected activity. The selection of algorithms utilizing an anatomical prior did not provide a significant advantage for clinical readings, despite a small improvement in L/B (< 5 %) using the A-MAP and AsymBowsher reconstruction algorithms.In patients with NLE who are undergoing [18F]FDG-PET/MR imaging, the injected [18F]FDG activity can be reduced to 35 % of the original dose levels without compromising.</p>","PeriodicalId":19238,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin-nuclear Medicine","volume":"62 3","pages":"200-213"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9518384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claus Zippel, Christina Antke, Yuriko Mori, Antje Sombetzki, Gerald Antoch, Frederik L Giesel
{"title":"[Breakeven Analysis for Imaging Devices: Basic Introduction with Presentation of a User-Friendly Tool for in-clinic Calculation Using PET/CT as an Example].","authors":"Claus Zippel, Christina Antke, Yuriko Mori, Antje Sombetzki, Gerald Antoch, Frederik L Giesel","doi":"10.1055/a-2036-7694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2036-7694","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Imaging devices such as PET/CT are becoming increasingly important in view of the growing range of innovative nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures. Since the procurement and commissioning as well as the ongoing operation of imaging devices leads to comparatively high costs, it is of great interest for clinics and practices to know the number of scans from which the (planned) device operation leads to a profit. In the following, we will introduce the breakeven point analysis and present a calculation tool that users in nuclear medicine clinics and practices can use in everyday operations using PET/CT as an example.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the breakeven point analysis, the intersection point is determined from which the organisation- or device-specific revenues exceed the total costs incurred for personnel, material resources, etc. For this purpose, the fixed and variable (planned) cost components for the procurement and operation of the device must be prepared on the cost side and the respective device-related (planned) revenue structure on the revenue side.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The authors present the break-even analysis method with the data processing required for this using the example of the planned procurement or ongoing operation of a PET/CT. In addition, a calculation tool was developed, that interested users can use to prepare a device-specific break-even analysis. For this purpose, various cost and revenue data are discussed, which have to be compiled and processed within the clinic and entered into prepared spreadsheets.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The breakeven point analysis can be used to determine the profit/loss (point) for the (planned) operation of imaging devices such as PET/CT. Users from imaging clinics/practices and administration can adapt the calculation tool presented to their specific facility and thus use it as a basic document for both the planned procurement and the ongoing operational control of imaging devices in everyday clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":19238,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin-nuclear Medicine","volume":"62 3","pages":"185-191"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9874524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paulina Cegla, Marta Wojewodzka-Mirocha, Wioletta Chalewska, Marek Dedecjus
{"title":"[68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 uptake in planepitheliale lung cancer: a pitfall in prostate cancer imaging.","authors":"Paulina Cegla, Marta Wojewodzka-Mirocha, Wioletta Chalewska, Marek Dedecjus","doi":"10.1055/a-2000-5589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2000-5589","url":null,"abstract":"Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most frequent cancer diagnosis made in men and the fifth leading cause of death worldwide [1]. Prostate-specific membrane antigen labeled with gallium 68 ([68Ga]GaPSMA-11) is a promising radiotracer frequently used in diagnostics of the patients with biochemical recurrence of PCa. PSMA’s expression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ranks around 16 %, while tumor neovasculature expression is seen in 59% of tumor samples and is dependent on NSCLC histopathological type. The highest (71%) is seen in large cell carcinoma (LCC) and in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) – 64%, while the lowest (45%) is noted in adenocarcinoma (AC) [2, 3]. A 77-year-old man with prostate adenocarcinoma, Gleason 7 (3 + 4), TNM T2bNxM0, during hormonotherapy and urothelial carcinoma (T1bNxM0) during BCG therapy, was referred to [68Ga]GaPSMA-11 PET/CT study due to biochemical recurrence (total prostate specific antigen (t-PSA) 0.449 ng/ml). A cystoscopy performed one week before PET/CT examination was clear. The [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 showed an increased focal PSMA ligand uptake at the right side of the small pelvis (SUVmaxlbm up to 9.2, ▶ Fig. 1A), lump in segment 6 of the right lung (SUVmaxlbm up to 2.4, ▶ Fig. 1B) and area of parenchyma consolidation in segment 10 of the right lung (SUVmaxlbm up to 2.6, ▶ Fig. 1C). Moreover, [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 also revealed areas of pathological osteosclerotic remodeling in both hip bones and in both pubic bones without increased PSMA uptake. Patient underwent a resection of a lump (segment 6) in the right lung which revealed planoepitheliale lung cancer G3, pT1R0L1V1. Three months after resection, patient was referred to [18F]FDG PET/CT study which revealed (shown earlier in [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11) tumor in segment 10 of the right lung (50 × 38 mm, SUVmaxlbm up to 12.3, ▶ Fig. 1D), branch of the diaphragm lymph node (18 × 20mm, SUVmaxlbm up to 5.8) and metastatic lesion in III right rib. Other changes in bones did not show any pathological uptake. Patient because of the comorbidities, age and extension of the disease was treated with palliative radiotherapy of the lung. A 69-year-old man t-PSA level 2.47 [ng/ mL], after prostatectomy followed by radiotherapy of regional lymph nodes and complementary hormonotherapy in 2007, currently under palliative hormonotherapy underwent [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT study because of biochemical recurrence. The scan revealed a focal PSMA ligand uptake in the small pelvis (SUVmaxlbm up to 3.6), in enlarged right hilar lymph node SUVmaxlbm up to 2.7 (▶ Fig. 2A) and a soft-tissue lesion in left lung lower lobe (▶ Fig. 2B) with SUVmaxlbm up to 2.0. Patient a few months after [68Ga]Ga-PSMA11 PET/CT underwent a computed tomography (CT) examination of a thorax which showed right upper lobe mass extending round the main bronchus and involving hilar lymph nodes (▶ Fig. 2C). The soft-tissue lesion in the left lung lower lobe was less consolidated and more irregular in shape with a small cavity,","PeriodicalId":19238,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin-nuclear Medicine","volume":"62 3","pages":"220-221"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9558323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}