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18F-Fluciclovine Positron Emission Tomography in Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Diagnostic Meta-Analysis.

Giuseppina BiscontiniCinzia RomagnoloChiara CottignoliAndrea PalucciFabio Massimo FringuelliCarmelo CaldarellaFrancesco CeciLuca Burroni
Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
This meta-analysis showed promising results in term of sensitivity and specificity for 18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT to stage the primary lesion and in the assessment of nodal metastases, and for the detection of PCa locations in the recurrent setting. However, the limited number of studies and the broad heterogeneity in the selected cohorts and in different investigation protocols are limitation affecting the strength of these results.
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