18 F-Fluciclovine PET Detected Early Tumor Recurrence in Prostatectomy Bed With Low PSA of 0.3 Ng/mL But Negative on 18 F-PSMA PET Scan
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A 58-year-old man with metastatic prostate cancer was treated with prostatectomy, radiation therapy to bone metastasis, and androgen deprivation therapy plus abiraterone. He had posttreatment nadir PSA of 0.1 ng/mL. A follow-up 18 F-fluciclovine PET performed with PSA of 0.3 ng/mL showed a focal tracer-avid lesion in the left prostatectomy bed. This lesion was negative on 18 F-DCFPyL PET/CT, but with typical MRI features for disease recurrence. Minimal urinary activity of fluciclovine helped detection of local disease recurrence in the prostatectomy bed.
Nguyen T, Bhosale P, Xu G, Pan T, Wei P, Lu Y Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2023; 12(6):166-179.
PMID: 36636233 PMC: 9831857.