| Choline PET/CT for prostate cancer: Main clinical applications. | |
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PMID: 20800404 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Several studies investigated the potential roles of imaging modalities in prostate cancer patients for the evaluation of intra-prostatic disease, stage and restage. However no precise guidelines exist about the use of imaging modalities, in particular about the role of PET/CT hybrid imaging. Considering the results of the literature and our experience, we tried to summarize the main applications of choline positron emission tomography (PET) in prostate cancer patients. The use of choline PET/CT for initial diagnosis and staging is not recommended as a first-line method. Instead the main and important application of choline PET/CT is represented by the restaging of the disease in case of biochemical relapse for the detection of lymph node and distant recurrence. In particular choline PET/CT could play a crucial role as first diagnostic procedure in prostate cancer patients who show a fast growing Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) kinetics. |
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Chiara Fuccio; Domenico Rubello; Paolo Castellucci; Maria Cristina Marzola; Stefano Fanti |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-08-25 |
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Title: European journal of radiology Volume: 80 ISSN: 1872-7727 ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Radiol Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-10-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8106411 Medline TA: Eur J Radiol Country: Ireland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e50-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Hematology-Oncology and Laboratory Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. |
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