Comparison of PET imaging with a 68Ga-labelled PSMA ligand and 18F-choline-based PET/CT for the diagnosis of recurrent prostate cancer

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-20

  Afshar Oromieh, Ali ^a   Zechmann, Christian M ^a   Malcher, Anna ^a   Eder, Matthias ^b   Eisenhut, Michael ^b   Linhart, Heinz G ^b   Holland Letz, Tim ^b   Hadaschik, Boris A ^a   Giesel, Frederik L ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Haberkorn, Uwe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choline; PET CT; Positron emission tomography; Prostate cancer; PSMA

Indexed keywords

FLUOROMETHYLCHOLINE F 18; IASOCHOLINE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN GA 68; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PET SCANNER; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE METASTASIS; WHOLE BODY PET;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHOLINE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GLUTAMATE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE II; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890590469     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2525-5     Document Type: Article

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