Abstract
Purpose
We assessed the rate of detection rate of recurrent prostate cancer by PET/CT using anti-3-18F-FACBC, a new synthetic amino acid, in comparison to that using 11C-choline as part of an ongoing prospective single-centre study.
Methods
Included in the study were 15 patients with biochemical relapse after initial radical treatment of prostate cancer. All the patients underwent anti-3-18F-FACBC PET/CT and 11C-choline PET/CT within a 7-day period. The detection rates using the two compounds were determined and the target–to-background ratios (TBR) of each lesion are reported.
Results
No adverse reactions to anti-3-18F-FACBC PET/CT were noted. On a patient basis, 11C-choline PET/CT was positive in 3 patients and negative in 12 (detection rate 20 %), and anti-3-18F-FACBC PET/CT was positive in 6 patients and negative in 9 (detection rate 40 %). On a lesion basis, 11C-choline detected 6 lesions (4 bone, 1 lymph node, 1 local relapse), and anti-3-18F-FACBC detected 11 lesions (5 bone, 5 lymph node, 1 local relapse). All 11C-choline-positive lesions were also identified by anti-3-18F-FACBC PET/CT. The TBR of anti-3-18F-FACBC was greater than that of 11C-choline in 8/11 lesions, as were image quality and contrast.
Conclusion
Our preliminary results indicate that anti-3-18F-FACBC may be superior to 11C-choline for the identification of disease recurrence in the setting of biochemical failure. Further studies are required to assess efficacy of anti-3-18F-FACBC in a larger series of prostate cancer patients.
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Nanni, C., Schiavina, R., Boschi, S. et al. Comparison of 18F-FACBC and 11C-choline PET/CT in patients with radically treated prostate cancer and biochemical relapse: preliminary results. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 40 (Suppl 1), 11–17 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-013-2373-3
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