Role of sodium fluoride PET imaging for identification of bony metastases in prostate cancer patients

Current Urology Reports
C Tanner Hughes, Jeffrey Wells Nix

Abstract

Sodium fluoride (Na-F) PET/CT is an imaging technique which allows radiolabeled fluoride to help detect areas of bone turnover. Detecting metastatic prostate cancer earlier than is currently possible with standard imaging may help prevent unnecessary morbidity for patients and improve staging in an effort to more accurately select the appropriate therapy at an appropriate time. Na-F PET/CT has been investigated as a means to help detect osseous metastatic disease in prostate cancer. It is still unclear which clinical circumstances are beneficial for a patient to undergo Na-F PET/CT in addition to, or instead of, the current standard imaging. This review examines the most recent publications related to this topic.

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May 10, 2008·European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging·Mohsen BeheshtiWerner Langsteger
Nov 17, 2009·European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging·Ronald BoellaardBernd J Krause
Nov 9, 2011·European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging·Frank I LinAndrei Iagaru
Mar 1, 2014·Journal of Nuclear Medicine : Official Publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine·Bruce E HillnerR Edward Coleman
May 9, 2014·Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN·James L MohlerUNKNOWN National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Jun 3, 2014·The New England Journal of Medicine·Tomasz M BeerUNKNOWN PREVAIL Investigators
Sep 11, 2014·Radiographics : a Review Publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc·Sarah BastawrousDavid R Haseley

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Mar 22, 2016·Clinical Radiology·Gurdip K Azad, Gary J Cook
Feb 24, 2017·Nuclear Medicine Communications·Paula LapaJoão Pedroso de Lima
Jun 8, 2017·Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care·Hanan Goldberg, Robert J Hamilton

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