https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2022.3.274
Targeted prostate biopsy: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT vs. mpMRI in the diagnosis of prostate cancer
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Introduction: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed tomog-raphy (PET/CT) vs. multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) targeted biopsy (TPBx) in the diagnosis of clinical-ly significant prostate cancer (csPCa: Grade Group ≥ 2).
Materials and methods: From January 2021 to June 2022, 100 patients (median age: 66 years) with negative digital rectal examination underwent transperineal prostate biopsy for abnor-mal PSA values (median 7.5 ng/ml). Before prostate biopsy, all patients underwent mpMRI and 68Ga-PET/CT examinations and mpMRI (PI-RADS version 2 ≥ 3) or 68Ga-PET/CT index lesions suspicious for cancer (SUVmax > 5 g/ml) underwent cognitive targeted cores (mpMRI-TPBx and PSMA-TPBx: four cores) combined with extended systematic prostate biopsy (eSPBx: median 18 cores). The procedure was performed transperineally using a tru-cut 18-gauge needle under sedation and antibiotic prophylaxis.
Results: PCa was found in 58/100 (58.0%) men; in detail, 44/58 (75.9%) were csPCa; mpMRI and 68Ga-PSMA showed 66/100 (66%) and 62/100 (60%) lesions suspicious for PCa, respectively. 68Ga-PSMA-TPBx vs. mpMRI-TPBx vs. eSPBx diagnosed 42 (95.4%) vs. 36 (81.8%) vs. 30 (68.2%) csPCa, respectively; mpMRI-TPBx vs. 68Ga-PSMA-TPBx showed a diagnostic accuracy of 76.9% vs. 84.9% in diagnosing csPCa.
Conclusions: 68GaPSMA PET/CT TPBx demonstrated good accuracy in the diagnosis of csPCa, which was not inferior to mpMRI TPBx (84.9% vs. 76.9%) improving the detection rate for cancer of systematic biopsy.
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Pepe, P., Pepe, L., Tamburo, M., Marletta, G., Pennisi, M., & Fraggetta, F. (2022). Targeted prostate biopsy: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT vs. mpMRI in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 94(3), 274–277. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2022.3.274
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