Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT is increasingly used for primary staging in prostate cancer (PC), mainly because of its improved accuracy in detecting lymph node metastases compared with conventional imaging. However, the diagnostic benefit of PSMA PET/CT for detecting bone metastases is less well established. This study compares the diagnostic accuracy of F-PSMA PET/CT and F-NaF PET/CT for detecting bone metastases in patients newly diagnosed with PC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 67-year-old woman presented with a 12 × 20 × 24-cm adnexal tumor. Ultrasonography revealed an irregular, multilocular tumor, with increased flow in the solid components, and ascites-features that are consistent with ovarian cancer. The patient underwent 18 F-FDG PET/CT and 68 Ga-FAPI-46 PET/CT, both of which showed low uptake values.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 54-year-old woman presented with a 55 × 64-mm tumor in the ovary with high [ 18 F]FDG uptake on [ 18 F]FDG PET/CT highly suggestive of ovarian cancer. Prior to surgery, the patient underwent [ 68 Ga]-Ga- fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI)-46 PET/CT, which revealed low [ 68 Ga]-Ga-FAPI-46 tumor uptake. Histopathology revealed a borderline ovarian tumor, which has low malignant potential and a 10-year survival rate greater than 93%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNuclear medicine imaging for prostate cancer has advanced significantly over the past decade. A survey is presented in this review. PSMA-PET/CT is a new highly accurate method that has been introduced, but bone scans and bone-PET continue to be widely applied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: [F]Fluorodeoxyglucose ([F]FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) is recommended during diagnostic work-up for ovarian cancer; however, [F]FDG PET has several inherent limitations. The novel oncologic PET-tracer fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) has demonstrated promising results in multiple cancer types, including ovarian cancer, and could overcome the limitations of [F]FDG PET; however, high-quality clinical studies are lacking. The primary objective of the present study is to compare the diagnostic accuracy of [Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 PET/CT and [F]FDG PET/CT in ovarian cancer patients and to investigate how this potential difference impacts staging and patient management.
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