Publications by authors named "F Montravers"
Article Synopsis
- Preoperative imaging for patients with hyperparathyroidism aids in planning surgeries, especially minimizing invasive techniques like minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIPTX), which has benefits like shorter surgery times and reduced risks.
- FCH PET/CT scans have shown to have a high sensitivity (97%) for detecting abnormal parathyroid glands, outperforming other imaging methods, which leads to lower rates of surgery failure.
- The article reviews the use of FCH PET/CT in diagnosing and guiding treatment for hyperparathyroidism, emphasizing its safety and effectiveness over a 12-year real-world experience supporting its use as the preferred imaging choice.
Background: Both cabazitaxel and lutetium-177 prostate-specific membrane antigen (Lu-PSMA) improve survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) after an androgen receptor pathway inhibitor and docetaxel, but there are limited data regarding Lu-PSMA activity after cabazitaxel.
Objective: To assess the activity of Lu-PSMA and determinants of outcomes after cabazitaxel in mCRPC.
Design, Setting, And Participants: A retrospective analysis was conducted of consecutive mCRPC patients from eight European centers treated with Lu-PSMA after cabazitaxel.
Article Synopsis
- Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is often linked with high calcium levels, while normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism (NHPT) can be easily misdiagnosed.
- A study analyzed patients with hypercalciuric kidney stones to compare characteristics and prevalence of NHPT versus hypercalcemic hyperparathyroidism (HPHPT), revealing that NHPT accounts for 40% of PHPT cases.
- The results found no significant differences in parathyroid characteristics or stone composition between NHPT and HPHPT, but indicated that NHPT patients showed a stronger response to calcium loading, highlighting the importance of dynamic testing for accurate diagnosis.