PET/CT with 18F-choline after radical prostatectomy in patients with PSA ≤2 ng/ml. Can PSA velocity and PSA doubling time help in patient selection?

Agostino Chiaravalloti; Daniele Di Biagio; Mario Tavolozza; Ferdinando Calabria; Orazio Schillaci

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-015-3306-0

doi.org/10.1007/s00259-015-3306-0

PET/CT with 18F-choline after radical prostatectomy in patients with PSA ≤2 ng/ml. Can PSA velocity and PSA doubling time help in patient selection?

Agostino Chiaravalloti

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Daniele Di Biagio

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..., Orazio Schillaci

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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging9.10

Volume: 43, Issue: 8, Pages: 1418 - 1424

Published: Jan 21, 2016

Abstract

To investigate the performance of 18F-fluorocholine (18F-FCH) PET/CT in relation to the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) kinetic indexes, PSA doubling time (PSAdt) and PSA velocity (PSAve), in detecting recurrent prostate cancer (PC) in a selected population of patients treated with radical prostatectomy and with PSA ≤2 ng/ml. The study group comprised 79 patients (mean age 70 ± 7 years, range 58 – 77 years) who had been treated with radical...