PSMA PET/CT vs CT Alone in Newly Diagnosed Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate CancerEuropean Journal of Radiology

[maley2711]

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There were 142 lesions in 50 of 59 patients. PSMA PET/CT detected 141 lesions (99.3 %) in 50 patients (84.7 %), while CT detected 72 lesions (50.7 %) in 29 patients (49.2 %). A significantly higher detection rate of PSMA PET/CT was observed on a lesion-based analysis (p < 0.0001) and on a patient based analysis (p < 0.0001). Herein, both 68Ga- and 18F-PSMA PET/CT performed significantly better than CT alone (p < 0.0001, respectively). In 9 patients (15.3 %) no relapse was detectable by either modality. All lesions detected by CT were also detected by PSMA PET/CT. In 38 patients PSMA PET/CT detected more lesions than CT alone, altering the treatment approach in 22 of these patients.

[Danish-patient]

Very very interesting. But not surprising for me. However, some hospitals in Europe still doesn’t know how to read and understand PSMA PET scans.

[Justfor_ in reply to Danish-patient]

And they go a step further by claiming it is not useful in order to hide their ignorance.

[Danish-patient in reply to Justfor_]

Yes - that’s exactly what happens!