[18F]fluoromethylcholine (FCH) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for lymph node staging of prostate cancer: a prospective study of 210 patients

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 110; no. 11; pp. 1666 - 1671
• Main Authors: Poulsen, Mads H., Bouchelouche, Kirsten, Høilund‐Carlsen, Poul F., Petersen, Henrik, Gerke, Oke, Steffansen, Signe Inglev, Marcussen, Niels, Svolgaard, Niels, Vach, Werner, Geertsen, Ulla, Walter, Steen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2012; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: [18F]‐fluorocholine; Acetic acid; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Bone Neoplasms - secondary; Choline; Choline - analogs & derivatives; Computed tomography; Dissection; FCH; Fluorine Radioisotopes; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Lymph Node Excision; lymph node staging; Lymph nodes; Lymph Nodes - diagnostic imaging; Lymphatic Metastasis; Lymphatic system; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Male genital diseases; Medical sciences; Metastases; Metastasis; Middle Aged; Multimodal Imaging - methods; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; PET; PET/CT; Positron emission tomography; Prospective Studies; Prostate cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tracers; Tumors; Tumors of the urinary system; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Radionuclide study; Choleretic; Nephrology; Prostate disease; Staging; Urology; Prospective; [; Male genital diseases; Human; lymph node staging; Urinary system disease; Radiodiagnosis; Lymph node; Stage classification; FCH; Malignant tumor; F]-fluorocholine; Choline; PET/CT; Medical imagery; Computerized axial tomography; Prostate cancer; Positron emission tomography; PET; Cancer; Positron; Emission tomography

Study Type – Diagnostic (exploratory cohort) Level of Evidence 2a What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Staging of patients with prostate cancer is the cornerstone of treatment. However, after curative intended therapy a high portion of patients relapse with local and/or dis...