[The role of PSMA PET-CT in patients with metastatic prostate cancer]

Urologe A. 2017 Nov;56(11):1410-1416. doi: 10.1007/s00120-017-0513-2.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) imaging for the localization of prostate cancer is increasingly available in Germany. The advances and limitations in different disease stages are reviewed. As the clinical relevance of oligometastatic disease in primary cancer detected by PSMA PET-CT imaging is not yet completely understood, it should only be used in clinical trials. In recurrent prostate cancer after therapy with curative intent, PSMA PET-CT shows encouraging potential for the planning of salvage therapy. In metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer evidence for its use is not available.

Keywords: Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC); Oligometastases; Primary diagnostic; Prostatectomy, radical; Recurrence.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Surface / analysis*
  • Disease Progression
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
  • Prognosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / therapy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant / therapy
  • Salvage Therapy

Substances

  • Antigens, Surface
  • FOLH1 protein, human
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II