Aurélie De Bruycker1, Bieke Lambert2, Tom Claeys3, Louke Delrue4, Chamberlain Mbah1, Gert De Meerleer1, Geert Villeirs2, Filip De Vos5, Kathia De Man6, Karel Decaestecker3, Valérie Fonteyne1, Nicolaas Lumen3, Filip Ameye7, Ignace Billiet8, Steven Joniau9, Friedl Vanhaverbeke10, Wim Duthoy11, Piet Ost1. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology and Experimental Cancer Research, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. 2. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. 3. Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium. 4. Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium. 5. Department of Radiopharmacy, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. 6. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium. 7. Department of Urology, AZ Maria-Middelares, Ghent, Belgium. 8. Department of Urology, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium. 9. Department of Urology, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium. 10. Department of Urology, AZ Nikolaas, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. 11. Department of Radiotherapy, AZ Sint Lucas, Ghent, Belgium.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe the anatomical patterns of prostate cancer (PCa) recurrence after primary therapy and to investigate if patients with low-volume disease have a better prognosis as compared with their counterparts. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients eligible for an 18-F choline positron-emission tomography (PET)-computed tomography (CT) were enrolled in a prospective cohort study. Eligible patients had asymptomatic biochemical recurrence after primary PCa treatment and testosterone levels >50 ng/mL. The number of lesions was counted per scan. Patients with isolated local recurrence (LR) or with ≤3 metastases (with or without LR) were considered to have low-volume disease and patients with >3 metastases to have high-volume disease. Descriptive statistics were used to report recurrences. Cox regression analysis was used to investigate the influence of prognostic variables on the time to developing castration-resistant PCa (CRPC). RESULTS: In 208 patients, 625 sites of recurrence were detected in the lymph nodes (N1/M1a: 30%), the bone (18%), the prostate (bed; 11%), viscera (4%), or a combination of any of the previous (37%). In total, 153 patients (74%) had low-volume recurrence and 55 patients (26%) had high-volume recurrence. The 3-year CRPC-free survival rate for the whole cohort was 79% (95% confidence interval 43-55), 88% for low-volume recurrences and 50% for high-volume recurrences (P < 0.001). Longer PSA doubling time at time of recurrence and low-volume disease were associated with a longer time to CRPC. CONCLUSIONS: Three out of four patients with PCa with a 18-F choline PET-CT-detected recurrence have low-volume disease, potentially amenable to local therapy. Patients with low-volume disease have a better prognosis as compared with their counterparts. Lymph node recurrence was the most dominant failure pattern.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the anatomical patterns of prostate cancer (PCa) recurrence after primary therapy and to investigate if patients with low-volume disease have a better prognosis as compared with their counterparts. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients eligible for an 18-F choline positron-emission tomography (PET)-computed tomography (CT) were enrolled in a prospective cohort study. Eligible patients had asymptomatic biochemical recurrence after primary PCa treatment and testosterone levels >50 ng/mL. The number of lesions was counted per scan. Patients with isolated local recurrence (LR) or with ≤3 metastases (with or without LR) were considered to have low-volume disease and patients with >3 metastases to have high-volume disease. Descriptive statistics were used to report recurrences. Cox regression analysis was used to investigate the influence of prognostic variables on the time to developing castration-resistant PCa (CRPC). RESULTS: In 208 patients, 625 sites of recurrence were detected in the lymph nodes (N1/M1a: 30%), the bone (18%), the prostate (bed; 11%), viscera (4%), or a combination of any of the previous (37%). In total, 153 patients (74%) had low-volume recurrence and 55 patients (26%) had high-volume recurrence. The 3-year CRPC-free survival rate for the whole cohort was 79% (95% confidence interval 43-55), 88% for low-volume recurrences and 50% for high-volume recurrences (P < 0.001). Longer PSA doubling time at time of recurrence and low-volume disease were associated with a longer time to CRPC. CONCLUSIONS: Three out of four patients with PCa with a 18-F choline PET-CT-detected recurrence have low-volume disease, potentially amenable to local therapy. Patients with low-volume disease have a better prognosis as compared with their counterparts. Lymph node recurrence was the most dominant failure pattern.
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