Lymph-node relapsed prostate cancer management and PET-driven external beam radiotherapy: salvage or palliative treatment?
Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
; 59(4): 411-9, 2015 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
New imaging modalities such as choline- positron emission tomography (PET) or PET/computed tomography (CT) may be useful to identify prostate cancer patients with small volume, limited nodal relapse ("oligo-recurrent"), potentially amenable to metastasis directed treatment (e.g. radiotherapy,) with the aim of long-term control of the disease, even in a setting traditionally considered prognostically unfavorable, so usually gone to palliative treatment. This report reviews the diagnostic tools and the main published data about the role of PET or PET/CT driven radiation therapy, (not only for the diagnosis, but also for the planning) in relapsed node prostate carcinoma, as an alternative therapeutic strategy than surgery or androgen deprivation therapy.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Neoplasias de la Próstata
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Terapia Recuperativa
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Radioterapia Guiada por Imagen
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA NUCLEAR
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article