Prospective comparison of whole-body MRI and 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT for the detection of biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
; 46(7): 1542-1550, 2019 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To assess whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (wb-MRI) for detection of biochemical recurrence in comparison to 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography (68Ga-PSMA PET/CT) in prostate cancer (Pca) patients after radical prostatectomy.METHODS:
This was a prospective trial including 28 consecutive patients (mean age 65.3 ± 9.0 years) with newly documented biochemical recurrence of Pca (mean prostate-specific antigen, PSA, 2.09 ± 1.95 ng/ml) following radical prostatectomy. All patients underwent both wb-MRI including a dedicated pelvic imaging protocol and PET/CT with 166 ± 35 MBq 68Ga-PSMA within a time window of 11 ± 10 days. PET/CT and MRI datasets were separately evaluated regarding Pca lesion count, type, localization and diagnostic confidence (three-point Likert scale, 1-3) by two nuclear medicine specialists and two radiologists, respectively. The reference standard was based on histopathological results, PSA levels following targeted salvage irradiation and follow-up imaging. Lesion-based and patient-based detection rates were compared using the chi-squared test. Differences in diagnostic confidence were assessed using the Welch test.RESULTS:
A total of 56 Pca lesions were detected in 20 of the 28 patients. 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT detected 56 of 56 lesions (100%) in 20 patients (71.4%), while wb-MRI detected 13 lesions (23.2%) in 11 patients (39.3%). The higher detection rate with 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT was statistically significant on both a per-lesion basis (p < 0.001) and a per-patient basis (p = 0.0167). In 8 patients (28.6%) no relapse was detectable by either modality. All lesions detected by wb-MRI were also detected by 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT. Additionally, 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT provided superior diagnostic confidence in identifying Pca lesions (2.7 ± 0.7 vs. 2.3 ± 0.6, p = 0.044).CONCLUSION:
68Ga-PSMA PET/CT significantly out-performed wb-MRI in the detection of biochemical recurrence in Pca patients after radical prostatectomy.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Prostatectomía
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Neoplasias de la Próstata
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Imagen por Resonancia Magnética
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Tomografía Computarizada por Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA NUCLEAR
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania