Could 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT Evaluation Reduce the Number of Scheduled Prostate Biopsies in Men Enrolled in Active Surveillance Protocols?

Pietro PepeMarco RoscignoLudovica PepePaolo PanellaMarinella TamburoGiulia MarlettaFrancesco SavocaGiuseppe CandianoSebastiano CosentinoMassimo IppolitoAndreas TsirgiotisMichele Pennisi

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

68Ga-PSMA PET/CT did not improve the detection for csPCa of SPBx but would have spared 24/30 (80%) scheduled biopsies showing a lower false positive rate in comparison with mpMRI (20% vs. 43.3%) and a negative predictive value of 85.7% vs. 57.1%, respectively.

Keyphrases

pet ct
prostate cancer
positron emission tomography
ultrasound guided
neuropathic pain
benign prostatic hyperplasia
label free
real time pcr
middle aged
computed tomography
pet imaging