Impact of 68 Ga-PSMA-PET imaging on target volume definition and guidelines in radiation oncology - a patterns of failure analysis in patients with primary diagnosis of prostate cancer

• Published in: Radiation oncology (London, England) Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 36
• Main Authors: Schiller, K, Devecka, M, Maurer, T, Eiber, M, Gschwend, J, Schwaiger, M, Combs, S E, Habl, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Edetic Acid - analogs & derivatives; Gallium Isotopes; Gallium Radioisotopes; Humans; Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnostic imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Oligopeptides; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography - methods; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography - standards; Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Prostatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Radiation Oncology - methods; Radiation Oncology - standards; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods

Ga-PSMA-PET-imaging has proven to be a highly sensitive and specific diagnostic element for patients with prostate cancer (PC). Does the standard clinical target volume (CTV) cover the majority of Ga-PSMA-PET detected lymph nodes (LNs) in a primary setting? 25 out of 159 patients with primary PC who...