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Optimizing an 18F-NaF and 18F-FDG cocktail for PET assessment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT: PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging with the sodium-(F)-fluoride/2-(F)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-NaF/F-FDG) cocktail has been proposed for patients with osseous metastases. This work aimed to optimize the cocktail composition for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).The study was carried out on six patients with mCRPC, with a total of 26 analyzed lesions. The patients were injected with F-NaF and F-FDG at separate time points. Dynamic PET/CT imaging recorded the uptake time course for both the tracers into osseous metastases. F-NaF and F-FDG uptakes were decoupled by kinetic analysis, which enabled calculation of F-NaF and F-FDG standardized uptake values (SUVs) images. Peak, mean, and total SUVs were evaluated for both tracers and all visible lesions. The F-NaF/F-FDG cocktail was optimized under the assumption that the contribution of both tracers to image formation is equal. SUV images from PET/CT imaging with a combination of F-NaF and F-FDG were generated for cocktail compositions with an F-NaF?:?F-FDG ratio varying from 1?:?8 to 1?:?2.The F-NaF peak and mean SUVs were on average four to five times higher than the F-FDG peak and mean SUVs, with an interlesion coefficient of variations of 20%. The total SUV for F-NaF was on average seven times higher than that for F-FDG. When the F-NaF?:?F-FDG ratio changed from 1?:?8 to 1?:?2, the typical SUV on the generated PET images increased by 50%, whereas the change in the uptake visual pattern was hardly noticeable.F-NaF and F-FDG in the cocktail contribute equally to image formation when the F-NaF?:?F-FDG ratio is 1?:?5. Therefore, we propose this ratio as the optimal cocktail composition for mCRPC patients. We also urge to strictly control the cocktail composition during any F-NaF/F-FDG cocktail PET/CT examination.

SUBMITTER: Simoncic U

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4626289 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

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Optimizing an 18F-NaF and 18F-FDG cocktail for PET assessment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Simoncic Urban U Perlman Scott S Liu Glenn G Jeraj Robert R

Nuclear medicine communications 20151201 12

<h4>Background</h4>PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging with the sodium-(F)-fluoride/2-(F)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-NaF/F-FDG) cocktail has been proposed for patients with osseous metastases. This work aimed to optimize the cocktail composition for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).<h4>Materials and methods</h4>The study was carried out on six patients with mCRPC, with a total of 26 analyzed lesions. The patients were injected with F-NaF and F-FDG at separa ...[more]

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