TABLE 5

PCa-Specific Survival Probabilities (%) in Patients With Pathologic 11C-Choline Uptake and in Patients Without (M0) and With (M1) Distant Metastases

PET/CT positive
Survival (y)Prostatic bed/lymph nodes (n = 63)*Skeleton (n = 49)M0, prostatic bed/pelvic lymph nodes (n = 46)M1, retroperitoneal lymph nodes/skeleton (n = 66)
592.6% (89.3%–95.9%)65.9% (59.0%–72.8%)97.8% (95.6%–1.00%)69.6% (63.9%–75.3%)
1061.2% (54.1%–68.3%)47.1% (39.0%–55.2%)75.5% (68.1%–82.9%)55.0% (47.9%–62.1%)
1520.4% (10.2%–30.6%)5.6% (0.3%–10.9%)25.0% (12.5%–37.5%)4.7% (0.2%–9.2%)
  • * Without bone involvement.

  • 11C-choline PET/CT according to American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system.

  • Data in parentheses are 95% CI.