What is it about?
PSMA and Choline PET/CT ar useful but not perfect. A salvage radiation therapy demonstrates that prostatic bed is still the first site of relapse but PET/CT is not sensitive and specific enough, being studied for lymph-nodal and bone metastases.
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Why is it important?
At the first relapse after surgery the prostatic bed should be irradiated to obtain a good 5-year biochemical relapse free survival. Treating only the PET positive areas the results are poor.
Perspectives
The selection of patients to be treated only on PET positive areas without losing the control of the disease
Dr. Andrei Fodor
San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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This page is a summary of: Defining the Right State for a Will Rogers Phenomenon in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer, JAMA Oncology, April 2020, American Medical Association (AMA),
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0574.
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