PET Scan - Prostate Cancer
PET Scan for Prostate Cancer - Overview & Techniques
Archer Radiology offers a PET scan for prostate cancer.
In most cases a PET/CT scan is not used to image prostate cancer. However, physicians are finding increasingly that PET/CT imaging is useful in identifying fast-growing, aggressive tumors. It may also be substituted for a bone scan as a painless method of determining whether the prostate cancer has spread to the bone, as commonly occurs. For this purpose a special radiotracer, one that is readsily absorbed by the bone, is used.PET Scan for Prostate Cancer - Alternative Names & Explanations
- Prostatic carcinoma
- Prostate cancer
- Prostate cancer metastases
- Pelvic lymphadenopath
- PET scan for prostate cancer
PET Scan for Prostate Cancer - Benefits
• Determining the extent of prostate cancer and whether it has spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body. Traditional imaging technologies, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT), are often unable to detect prostate cancer cells that have spread to soft tissue in other parts of the body.
• Helping assess how aggressive the prostate cancer is and what types of treatment are most appropriate.
• Pinpointing the most appropriate sites in the body for radiation therapy.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of medical treatments.
Prostate Cancer PET Scan - Images
Prostate Cancer PET Scan - Common Indications & Positive Findings
- Prostate cancer
- Lymphadenopathy
- Bone metastases from prostate cancer
- Hypermetabolic inguinal mass adjacent to artery
- Hypermetabolic subcutaneous metastatic nodule
- Pulmonary lesion or pleural effusion
- Diffuse irregular FDG uptake involving vertebral body
Prostate Cancer PET Scan - References & Links
- Oncology Reports 2003, 10: 1485-1488
Abstract: Development of an accurate non-invasive imaging technique to detect recurrent and metastatic prostate cancer is critical for the effective management of these patients. The purpose of our study was to determine the diagnostic utility of positron emission tomography with [F-18]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG PET) in patients with suspected or known metastatic and recurrent prostate cancer. FDG PET is limited in the detection of osseous metastatic lesions but may be useful in the detection of metastatic nodal and soft tissue disease. - PET imaging of prostate cancer xenografts with a highly specific antibody against the prostate-specific membrane antigen. U Elsässer-Beile, G Reischl, S Wiehr, P Bühler, P Wolf, K Alt, J Shively, MS Judenhofer, HJ Machulla, BJ Pichler. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2009, 50:606-611
- C-choline PET scans detect site of recurrence in prostate cancer patients after EBRT
- FDG PET-CT demonstration of metastatic neuroendocrine tumor of prostate. Y Liu. World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008, 6:64
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