Localized prostate cancer (PCa) can be treated with radical prostatectomy (RP). Up to 30% of patients undergoing this procedure experience biochemical recurrence (BCR), namely the rise in serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels during the post-surgical follow-up, requiring further treatments and with the risk of severe disease progression. Currently, the most accurate imaging technique to confirm, detect, and locate disease relapses in BCR patients is prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted PET, as recommended by international clinical guidelines. The aim of the study was to investigate potential clinical and pathological predictors of PSMA PET positivity, validated by clinical and instrumental follow-up or histopathological data. In this study, a selected cohort of BCR patients after RP and no other PCa-related therapy who underwent either PSMA PET/CT or PSMA PET/MRI has been analysed. Among the considered predictors, both pathological staging after RP equal or higher than pT3a and higher PSA levels at the time of the scan were significantly correlated with PSMA PET positivity on multivariate logistic regression analysis. As expected, PSMA PET confirmed its role as an accurate imaging technique in the setting of BCR in PCa. These findings may inform appropriate and tailored patient selection and scan timing to optimize and fully exploit this powerful diagnostic tool.

Mapelli, P., Ghezzo, S., Pini, C., Samanes Gajate, A., Spataro, A., Bezzi, C., et al. (2023). Predictors of PSMA PET Positivity: Analysis in a Selected Cohort of Biochemical Recurrence Prostate Cancer Patients after Radical Prostatectomy. CANCERS, 15(18) [10.3390/cancers15184589].

Predictors of PSMA PET Positivity: Analysis in a Selected Cohort of Biochemical Recurrence Prostate Cancer Patients after Radical Prostatectomy

Mapelli, Paola;Pini, Cristiano;Landoni, Claudio;Scifo, Paola;
2023

Abstract

Localized prostate cancer (PCa) can be treated with radical prostatectomy (RP). Up to 30% of patients undergoing this procedure experience biochemical recurrence (BCR), namely the rise in serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels during the post-surgical follow-up, requiring further treatments and with the risk of severe disease progression. Currently, the most accurate imaging technique to confirm, detect, and locate disease relapses in BCR patients is prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted PET, as recommended by international clinical guidelines. The aim of the study was to investigate potential clinical and pathological predictors of PSMA PET positivity, validated by clinical and instrumental follow-up or histopathological data. In this study, a selected cohort of BCR patients after RP and no other PCa-related therapy who underwent either PSMA PET/CT or PSMA PET/MRI has been analysed. Among the considered predictors, both pathological staging after RP equal or higher than pT3a and higher PSA levels at the time of the scan were significantly correlated with PSMA PET positivity on multivariate logistic regression analysis. As expected, PSMA PET confirmed its role as an accurate imaging technique in the setting of BCR in PCa. These findings may inform appropriate and tailored patient selection and scan timing to optimize and fully exploit this powerful diagnostic tool.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
biochemical recurrence; PET; prostate cancer; PSMA;
English
15-set-2023
2023
15
18
4589
open
Mapelli, P., Ghezzo, S., Pini, C., Samanes Gajate, A., Spataro, A., Bezzi, C., et al. (2023). Predictors of PSMA PET Positivity: Analysis in a Selected Cohort of Biochemical Recurrence Prostate Cancer Patients after Radical Prostatectomy. CANCERS, 15(18) [10.3390/cancers15184589].
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