Therapeutic Algorithm Guided by Sequential 11C-Choline PET/CT in a Patient With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jul;40(7):600-1. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000758.

Abstract

Antiandrogen therapy alone or combined with radical therapy is the first choice in diagnosis and recurrence of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. However, patients on androgen deprivation frequently show treatment resistance. In recent years, new treatments for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer have been developed. Clinical studies with docetaxel have shown its usefulness for first-line therapy, and different therapeutic algorithms with second-line drugs like abiraterone or cabazitaxel have also been proposed. Sequential metabolic study with PET/CT imaging with ¹¹C-choline may be important for assessing the right moment for administration each one of the therapeutic options.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Algorithms
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Choline
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant / drug therapy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant / pathology
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Choline