Open AccessSpecificity of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT for prostate cancer - myths and reality
Author(s) -
Arun Sasikumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.198449
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , prostate , cancer , nuclear medicine , positron emission tomography , radiology
68Ga-PSMA ligand PET/CT for imaging prostate cancer is a novel imaging technique, which is rapidly gaining popularity. Sufficient evidence has been accumulated in literature regarding the usefulness of 68 Ga-PSMA PET/CT in prostate cancer. Recently literature regarding the localization of 68 Ga-PSMA PET/CT imaging in non-prostatic malignancies is also published, thus questioning the specificity of the tracer with regards to prostate cancer. This commentary tries to address the issue of specificity of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and its relevance in imaging prostate cancer.