PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hossein Jadvar
TI  - Molecular Imaging of Prostate Cancer with PET
AID  - 10.2967/jnumed.113.126094
DP  - 2013 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
PG  - 1685--1688
VI  - 54
IP  - 10
4099  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/54/10/1685.short
4100  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/54/10/1685.full
SO  - J Nucl Med2013 Oct 01; 54
AB  - Molecular imaging is paving the way for precision and personalized medicine. In view of the significant biologic and clinical heterogeneity of prostate cancer, molecular imaging is expected to play an important role in the evaluation of this prevalent disease. The natural history of prostate cancer spans from an indolent localized process to biochemical relapse after radical treatment with curative intent to a lethal castrate-resistant metastatic disease. The ongoing unraveling of the complex tumor biology of prostate cancer uniquely positions molecular imaging with PET to contribute significantly to every clinical phase of prostate cancer evaluation. The purpose of this article was to provide a concise review of the current state of affairs and potential future developments in the diagnostic utility of PET in prostate cancer.