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[(11)C]Choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography for staging and restaging of patients with advanced prostate cancer.
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PMID:  18678354     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
INTRODUCTION: To evaluate [(11)C]Choline positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) for staging and restaging of patients with advanced prostate cancer and to compare the diagnostic performance of PET, CT and PET/CT. METHODS: Forty-five consecutive patients with advanced prostate cancer underwent [(11)C]Choline-PET/CT between 5/2004 and 2/2006. RESULTS: Overall, 295 lesions were detected: PET alone, 178 lesions; diagnostic CT, 221 lesions; PET/CT (low-dose CT), 272 lesions; PET/CT (diagnostic CT), 295 lesions. Two thirds of the lesions were located in the bone; one third in the prostate, lymph nodes, periprostatic tissue and soft tissue (lung, liver). The use of diagnostic CT did not result in a statistically significant difference with respect to lesion localization certainty and lesion characterization (P=.063, P=.063). PET-negative but PET/CT-positive lesions were mostly localized in the bone (78%, 91/117) as were PET-positive and CT-negative lesions (72%, 53/74). Of the latter, 91% (48/53) represented bone marrow and 9% (5/53) cortical involvement. CONCLUSIONS: Staging and restaging with [(11)C]Choline PET/CT in patients with advanced prostate cancer improve the assessment of local and regional recurrent as well as metastatic disease including skeletal manifestations. [(11)C]Choline PET/CT (with a low-dose CT) results in improved localization and lesion characterization. [(11)C]Choline PET/CT provides an added value for skeletal manifestations. [(11)C]Choline PET/CT changed disease management in 11 (24%) of 45 patients with advanced prostate cancer.
Authors:
Murat Tuncel; Michael Souvatzoglou; Ken Herrmann; Jens Stollfuss; Tibor Schuster; Gregor Weirich; Hans-Jürgen Wester; Markus Schwaiger; Bernd J Krause
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nuclear medicine and biology     Volume:  35     ISSN:  0969-8051     ISO Abbreviation:  Nucl. Med. Biol.     Publication Date:  2008 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-08-05     Completed Date:  2008-10-27     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9304420     Medline TA:  Nucl Med Biol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  689-95     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der lsar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*,  secondary*
Carbon Radioisotopes / diagnostic use
Choline / diagnostic use*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Staging / methods
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Radiopharmaceuticals / diagnostic use
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Carbon Radioisotopes; 0/Radiopharmaceuticals; 62-49-7/Choline

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