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PSMA PET Scan and Small Cell Prostate Cancer

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I am just curious to know whether small cell prostate cancer can be detected by PSMA PET scan.

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No. Small cell doesn't express PSMA. FDG shows it just fine.

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You can use a different tracer for this: 68Ga-DOTATATE. Here is a study which compared this tracer with PSMA PET and FDG PET.

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