The prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a transmembrane protein with elevated expression in prostate cancer cells. Breast cancer also shows PSMA expression. We present the case of a 30-year-old woman with triple-negative bilateral breast carcinoma who underwent bilateral mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. She developed a left chest wall and liver recurrence after primary therapy. Her recurrent disease was also triple-negative. In view of the known poor prognosis and very limited therapeutic options, we performed Ga-PSMA PET/CT scan to explore the possibility of PSMA-based therapy as a future option after exhausting standard-of-care treatments.
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Viruses
November 2024
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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Vaccine Bio Research Institute, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea.
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Department of Endocrinology and Radioisotope Therapy, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.
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Guangzhou CnFerment Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510440, China.
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada.
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