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RATIONALE - In prostate cancer (PC) patients, differentiation between lung metastases and lesions of different origin, e.g. primary lung cancer, is a common clinical question. Herein we investigate the use of (68)Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC for this purpose.

68Ga-PSMA Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography (PET/CT) has shown promising results for the detection of recurrent prostate cancer (RPCa). However, the diagnostic value of this method is yet to be validated.

The aim of this study was to prospectively compare the detection rate of 68Ga-PSMA versus 11C-Choline in men with prostate cancer with biochemical recurrence and to demonstrate the added value of a tri-modality PET/CT-MRI system.

To examine the detection rates of (68) Ga-PSMA-PET/CT in patients with biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP), and also the impact on their management.

300 consecutive PC patients who underwent (68) Ga-PSMA-PET/CT between February and July 2015 were prospectively included in the ProCan-I Database.

68Ga-PSMA PET/CT has an important role in assessment of prostate cancer patients with biochemical recurrence and is evolving in staging high- and intermediate risk disease. The aim of present study was to describe the metastatic patterns and frequency of involved sites of prostate cancer and to assess the incidence of benign Ga68-PSMA avid PET/CT findings in a large patient population.

Purpose: In this prospective survey of referring physicians, we investigated whether and how Gallium-68 Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PSMA-11 PET/CT) affects the actually implemented management of prostate cancer patients wih biochemical recurrence (BCR).

Forced diuresis technique is often adopted to wash out the high amount of urinary radioactivity that masks the foci of abnormal uptake in the pelvic region on 68Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan in prostate cancer (PC) patients.

The aim of our study was to compare the diagnostic performance of (68)Ga-PSMA PET and (99m)Tc bone scintigraphy (BS) for the detection of bone metastases in prostate cancer (PC) patients.

One hundred twenty-six patients who received planar BS and PSMA PET within three months and without change of therapy were extracted from our database.

To evaluate the reproducibility of the combination of hybrid PET/MRI and the (68)Ga-PSMA-11 tracer in depicting lymph node (LN) and bone metastases of prostate cancer (PC) in comparison with that of PET/CT.

The aim of this review is to report on the current status of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-directed theranostics in prostate cancer (PC) patients. The value of 68Ga-PSMA-directed PET imaging as a diagnostic procedure for primary and recurrent PC as well as the role of evolving PSMA radioligand therapy (PRLT) in castration-resistant (CR)PC is assessed.

A 75-year-old patient was diagnosed with a Gleason 9 prostate carcinoma. His PSA level was 50.4 ng/ml. Routine bone scintigraphy was negative for metastasis (a). Due to the high tumour grading and relatively high PSA level, (68)Ga-PSMA PET-CT was ordered to rule out distant metastases.

(68) Ga-PSMA positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) is useful for both staging and assessment of biochemical relapse in men with prostate cancer. Renal excretion of (68) Ga-PSMA can lead to difficulties in scan interpretation, particularly in the pelvis.

In the last twenty years, positron emission tomography / computed tomography (PET/CT) with radiolabeled choline, represented the most powerful imaging modality for prostate cancer (PCa). However, the low positive detection rate of the technique for PSA < 1 ng/ml prompted the development of other tracers for imaging PCa.

In prostate cancer with biochemical failure after therapy, current imaging techniques have a low detection rate at the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels at which targeted salvage therapy is effective.

Conventional imaging techniques are inadequate for lymph node staging in prostate cancer (PC). This study aims to assess the accuracy of 68Ga-PSMA positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for lymph node (LN) staging in intermediate and high-risk PC.

To investigate the relationship between serum PSA level, Gleason score of PCa and the outcomes of Ga(68)-PSMA PET/CT in patients with recurrent PCa.

A total of 109 consecutive patients (median age 71 years; range 48-89 years) who had PSA recurrence after RP and/or hormonotherapy and/or radiotherapy were included in this study.