In:
Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 44, No. 10 ( 2019-10), p. e566-e573
Abstract:
One of the major challenges for all imaging modalities is accurate detection of prostate cancer (PCa) recurrence. Beyond the established 68 Ga-PSMA, a novel promising PET tracer in PCa imaging is 18 F-fluciclovine. For evaluating the advantages and disadvantages and the comparability, we conducted a prospective head-to-head comparison on 18 F-fluciclovine and 68 Ga-PSMA-11 in patients with biochemical recurrence of PCa. Methods 58 patients with biochemical recurrence of PCa after definitive primary therapy were included. Both scans were performed within a time window of mean 9.4 days. All scans were visually analyzed independently on a patient-, region- and lesion-based analysis. All the examinations were performed in the same medical department using identical scanners at any time. Results The overall detection rate for PCa recurrence was 79.3% in 18 F-fluciclovine and 82.8% in 68 Ga-PSMA-11 ( P = 0.64). Local recurrence was detected in 37.9% on 18 F-fluciclovine and in 27.6% on 68 Ga-PSMA-11 ( P = 0.03). Local pelvic lymph node recurrence was detected on 18 F-fluciclovine versus 68 Ga-PSMA-11 in 46.6% versus 50%, in extrapelvic lymph node metastases in 41.4% versus 51.7% and in bone metastases in 25.9% versus 36.2%. Lesion-based analysis showed identical findings in local pelvic lymph nodes in 39.7%, in extrapelvic lymph nodes in 22.4%, and in bone metastases in 13.8%. Conclusions The advantage of 18 F-fluciclovine is detecting curable localized disease in close anatomical relation to the urinary bladder, whereas 68 Ga-PSMA-11 fails because of accumulation of activity in the urinary bladder. 18 F-fluciclovine is almost equivalent to 68 Ga-PSMA-11 in detecting distant metastases of PCa recurrence.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1536-0229
,
0363-9762
DOI:
10.1097/RLU.0000000000002703
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2019
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2045053-9
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