Pilot study of the utility of the synthetic PET amino-acid radiotracer anti-1-amino-3-[(18)F]fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid for the noninvasive imaging of pulmonary lesions.

Purpose: Anti-1-amino-3-[(18)F]fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid (anti-3-[(18)F]FACBC) is a synthetic amino acid positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer with utility in detection of prostate carcinoma and brain tumors and has also been shown to have uptake in lung tumor cell lines. The purpose of this study is to determine the uptake characteristics of anti-3-[(18)F]FACBC in lung carcinoma and if this radiotracer may help characterize pulmonary lesions.

Procedures: Ten patients with pulmonary lesions scheduled for surgical resection or biopsy underwent 45-min dynamic PET-CT imaging of the thorax after IV injection of 214.

Characterization of primary prostate carcinoma by anti-1-amino-2-[(18)F] -fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid (anti-3-[(18)F] FACBC) uptake.

Anti-1-amino-3-[(18)F] fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid (anti-3-[(18)F] FACBC) is a synthetic amino acid positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer with utility in the detection of recurrent prostate carcinoma. The aim of this study is to correlate uptake of anti-3-[(18)F] FACBC with histology of prostatectomy specimens in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy and to determine if uptake correlates to markers of tumor aggressiveness such as Gleason score. Ten patients with prostate carcinoma pre-radical prostatectomy underwent 45 minute dynamic PET-CT of the pelvis after IV injection of 347.

Unusual presentations of metastatic prostate carcinoma as detected by anti-3 F-18 FACBC PET/CT.

Prostate carcinoma is the second most common cause of cancer related mortality in males in the United States. The pattern of metastatic disease of prostate cancer is well recognized, frequently involving sclerotic bone lesions and abdomino-pelvic lymph nodes. -1-amino-3-[F]fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid (-3-[F] FACBC) is a synthetic amino acid analog positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer with reported utility in the detection of prostate carcinoma.