Intraoperative Molecular Positron Emission Tomography Imaging for Intraoperative Assessment of Radical Prostatectomy Specimens

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In this prospective two-center feasibility study, we evaluate the diagnostic value of intraoperative ex vivo specimenPET/CT imaging of radical prostatectomy (RP) and lymphadenectomy specimens. Ten patients with high-risk prostate cancer underwent clinical prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) preoperatively on the day of surgery. Six patients received 68Ga-PSMA-11 and four 18F-PSMA-1007. Radioactivity of the resected specimen was measured again using a novel specimenPET/CT device (AURA10; XEOS Medical, Gent, Belgium) developed for intraoperative margin assessment. All index lesions of staging multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging could be visualized. Overall, specimenPET/CT correlated well with conventional PET/CT regarding detection of suspicious tracer foci (Pearson coefficient 0.935). In addition, specimenPET/CT demonstrated all lymph node metastases detected on conventional PET/CT (n = 3), as well as three previously undetected lymph node metastases. Importantly, all positive or close (<1 mm) surgical margins could be visualized in agreement with histopathology. In conclusion, specimenPET/CT enables detection of PSMA-avid lesions and warrants further investigation to tailor RP, based on a good correlation with final pathology. Future trials will prospectively compare ex vivo specimenPET/CT with a frozen section analysis for the detection of positive surgical margins and assessment of biochemical recurrence-free survival.

Patient summary: In this report, we examined prostatectomy and lymphadenectomy specimens for suspicious positron emission tomography (PET) signals after preoperative tracer injection. It was found that in all cases, a good signal could be visualized, with a promising correlation of surface assessment compared with histopathology. We conclude that specimenPET imaging is feasible and may help improve oncological outcomes in the future.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

European urology open science - 54(2023) vom: 15. Aug., Seite 28-32

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Darr, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Costa, Pedro Fragoso [VerfasserIn]
Kahl, Theresa [VerfasserIn]
Moraitis, Alexandros [VerfasserIn]
Engel, Jenna [VerfasserIn]
Al-Nader, Mulham [VerfasserIn]
Reis, Henning [VerfasserIn]
Köllermann, Jens [VerfasserIn]
Kesch, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Krafft, Ulrich [VerfasserIn]
Maurer, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Köhler, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Klutmann, Susanne [VerfasserIn]
Falkenbach, Fabian [VerfasserIn]
Kleesiek, Jens [VerfasserIn]
Fendler, Wolfgang P [VerfasserIn]
Hadaschik, Boris A [VerfasserIn]
Herrmann, Ken [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Prostate cancer
Prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Radical prostatectomy
SpecimenPET/CT

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Date Revised 01.07.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.euros.2023.05.017

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358625564