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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Can PSMA PET/CT help in dose-tailoring in post-prostatectomy radiotherapy?

Ambroise Champion, Daniel Rudolf Zwhalen, Christoph Oehler, Daniel Taussky, Stephanie G C Kroeze, Irene A Burger, David Benzaquen

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Ambroise ChampionRadiation Oncology, Hôpital de La Tour, Meyrin, Switzerland.
Daniel Rudolf ZwhalenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Christoph OehlerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Daniel TausskyRadiation Oncology, Hôpital de La Tour, Meyrin, Switzerland.
Stephanie G C KroezeDepartment of Radiation Oncology Kantonsspital Aarau and Baden, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
Irene A BurgerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kantonsspital Baden, Baden, Switzerland.
David BenzaquenRadiation Oncology, Hôpital de La Tour, Meyrin, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are few randomized trials to evaluate the use of PSMA-PET in the planning of post-prostatectomy radiotherapy. There are two unresolved questions 1) should we increase the dose to lesions visible on PSMA-PET 2) can we reduce dose in the case of a negative PSMA-PET. In this review, we summarize and discuss the available evidence in the literature. We found that in general, there seems to be an advantage for dose-increase, but ta large recent study from the pre-PSMA era didn't show an advantage for dose escalation. Retrospective studies have shown that conventional doses to PSMA-PET-positive lesions seem sufficient. On the other hand, in the case of a negative PSMA-PET, there is no evidence that dose-reduction is possible. In the future, the combination of PSMA-PET with genomic classifiers could help in better identify patients who might benefit from either dose- de-or -increase. We further need to identify intraindividual references to help identify lesions with higher aggressiveness.

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dose ecalationpostoperative radiotherapyprostate cancerPSAPSMA-PET

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PMID37799463
PMCPMC10548198

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