The role of 11C-choline and 18F-fluorocholine positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/CT in prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MH Umbehr, M Muentener, T Hany, T Sulser… - European urology, 2013 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: The role of positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/computed tomography
(PET/CT) in prostate cancer (PCa) imaging is still debated, although guidelines for their use …

Overview of image-guided radiation therapy

L Xing, B Thorndyke, E Schreibmann, Y Yang, TF Li… - Medical …, 2006 - Elsevier
Radiation therapy has gone through a series of revolutions in the last few decades and it is
now possible to produce highly conformal radiation dose distribution by using techniques …

Prostate cancer: PET with 18F-FDG, 18F-or 11C-acetate, and 18F-or 11C-choline

H Jadvar - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
Prostate cancer is biologically and clinically a heterogeneous disease that makes imaging
evaluation challenging. The role of imaging in prostate cancer should include diagnosis …

Tumor cell metabolism imaging

C Plathow, WA Weber - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
Molecular imaging of tumor metabolism has gained considerable interest, since preclinical
studies have indicated a close relationship between the activation of various oncogenes and …

In Vivo Imaging of Prostate Cancer Using [68Ga]-Labeled Bombesin Analog BAY86-7548

E Kähkönen, I Jambor, J Kemppainen, K Lehtiö… - Clinical cancer …, 2013 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: A novel [68Ga]-labeled DOTA-4-amino-1-carboxymethyl-piperidine-D-
Phe-Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His-Sta-Leu-NH2 peptide (BAY86-7548) having high affinity to …

Predictive factors of [11C]choline PET/CT in patients with biochemical failure after radical prostatectomy

G Giovacchini, M Picchio, E Coradeschi… - European journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Purpose Detection of recurrence in prostate cancer patients with biochemical failure after
radical prostatectomy by [11 C] choline PET/CT depends on the prostate-specific antigen …

Imaging prostate cancer with 11C-choline PET/CT

SN Reske, NM Blumstein, B Neumaier… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
The ability of 11C-choline and multimodality fusion imaging with integrated PET and contrast-
enhanced CT (PET/CT) was investigated to delineate prostate carcinoma (PCa) within the …

Imaging localized prostate cancer: current approaches and new developments

B Turkbey, PS Albert, K Kurdziel… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Prostate cancer is the most common noncutaneous malignancy among men in
the Western world. Imaging has recently become more important in the diagnosis, local …

Endorectal magnetic resonance imaging at 1.5 Tesla to assess local recurrence following radical prostatectomy using T2-weighted and contrast-enhanced imaging

S Cirillo, M Petracchini, L Scotti, T Gallo, A Macera… - European …, 2009 - Springer
To evaluate diagnostic performance of endorectal magnetic resonance (eMR) for
diagnosing local recurrence of prostate cancer (PC) in patients with previous radical …

Metabolic alterations and targeted therapies in prostate cancer

R Flavin, G Zadra, M Loda - The Journal of pathology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cells synthesize de novo large amounts of fatty acids and cholesterol, irrespective of
the circulating lipid levels and benefit from this increased lipid synthesis in terms of growth …