Nuclear medicine techniques for the diagnosis and therapy of prostate carcinoma

• Published in: European urology Vol. 40; no. 3; p. 294
• Main Authors: Oyen, W J, Witjes, J A, Corstens, F H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.09.2001
• Subjects: Antibodies, Monoclonal; Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Bone Neoplasms - secondary; Humans; Male; Nuclear Medicine - methods; Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Prostatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Radiopharmaceuticals; Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; Tomography, Emission-Computed

Nuclear medicine techniques play an important role in (re)staging and treatment of prostate carcinoma patients. These techniques are reviewed in this paper. For many years, bone scanning has been a valuable tool for the evaluation of bone metastases. Although utilized in a more refined way since the...