| Literature DB >> 25412869 |
Matthias Eiber1, Stephan G Nekolla, Tobias Maurer, Gregor Weirich, Hans-Jürgen Wester, Markus Schwaiger.
Abstract
Current imaging procedures for prostate cancer including positron emission tomography (PET) exhibit considerable limitations and are not always able to meet the diagnostic needs. Recently, a (68)Gallium-labeled ligand of the prostate-specific membrane antigen ((68)Ga-PSMA) has been introduced in PET-imaging of prostate cancer with first promising results. Due to relatively exclusive expression of PSMA in prostatic tissue as well as increased expression in prostate cancer, 68 Ga-PSMA was reported to exhibit a favorable lesion to background ratio. Together with the novel development of combined PET/MRI, the combination of excellent morphological detail, multiparametric functional information, and molecular PET data might lead to a significant improvement in detection of prostate cancer. We present an exemplarily case of primary staging using multiparametric (68)Ga-PSMA PET/MR by combining molecular and structural information.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25412869 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-014-0301-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Abdom Imaging ISSN: 0942-8925