Open Access[11C]-choline PET/CT in imaging locally advanced prostate cancer
Author(s) -
Marcello Rodari,
Egesta Lopci,
Giovanna Pepe,
Lidija Antunovic,
Arturo Chiti
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nuclear medicine review
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1644-4345
pISSN - 1506-9680
DOI - 10.5603/nmr.2011.00028
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , medicine , pet imaging , choline , nuclear medicine , positron emission tomography , cancer , prostate , radiology , cancer imaging
PET Imaging with [11C]-choline has become a useful tool in the investigation of prostate cancer, with as main application the assessment of previously treated patients presenting with rising PSA and negative conventional imaging procedures. In this case report we describe [11C]-choline PET/CT findings in a patient with a locally advanced cancer, which could be successfully identified thanks to the early image acquisition and the delayed urinary excretion of the carbon-11 labeled tracer.