TABLE 2.

Correlation of PSA Characteristics with PET Metrics Derived from 18F-DCFPyL, 18F-NaF, and 18F-FDG, Using Spearman Correlation Coefficient

18F-DCFPyL18F-NaF18F-FDG
ParameterPSAPSA velocityPSAPSA velocityPSAPSA velocity
No. of lesions0.47 (<0.001)0.38 (0.003)0.41 (0.001)0.25 (0.06)0.21 (0.268)0.39 (0.038)
Total lesion uptake0.6 (<0.001)0.53 (<0.001)0.31 (0.014)0.33 (0.015)0.44 (0.014)0.32 (0.087)
Total tumor burden0.55 (<0.001)0.5 (<0.001)0.34 (0.007)0.29 (0.028)0.44 (0.016)0.34 (0.074)
  • Expressed as correlation coefficient (ρ) with P values in parentheses.