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@ARTICLE{Mahmoud:301724,
author = {O. Mahmoud and L. Püllen and L. Umutlu and T. Szarvas and
W. P. Fendler$^*$ and S. Ting and H. Reis and H. Bayer and
K. Herrmann$^*$ and B. A. Hadaschik and M. Al-Nader and C.
Berliner$^*$},
title = {{M}ultitracer comparison of gold standard {PSMA}-{PET}/{CT}
with 68{G}a-{FAPI} and 18{F}-{FDG} in high-risk prostate
cancer: a proof-of-concept study.},
journal = {European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging},
volume = {nn},
issn = {1619-7070},
address = {Heidelberg [u.a.]},
publisher = {Springer-Verl.},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-01116},
pages = {nn},
year = {2025},
note = {epub},
abstract = {The aim of this study was to, evaluate the diagnostic
accuracy of [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 positron emission
tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) in high-risk
prostate cancer (PC) compared to [¹⁸F]PSMA /
[⁶⁸Ga]Ga- PSMA- and [¹⁸F]FDG- PET/CT as well as
multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Ten
patients with high-risk PC (PSA > 20 ng/mL, Gleason score >
7, or > T2c) underwent PET/CT imaging using
[⁶⁸Ga]Ga-FAPI-46, [¹⁸F]F-/[⁶⁸Ga]Ga-PSMA and
[¹⁸F]FDG before radical prostatectomy (RP). The maximum
standardized uptake values (SUVmax) were measured for the
entire prostate and individual prostate sextants. Diagnostic
accuracy was assessed per patient and per segment by
correlating imaging findings with final histopathologic
results. Immunohistochemical analysis of PSMA and FAP
expression was performed on the index tumor
lesion.Histopathologic analysis confirmed pT2c and pT3
prostate adenocarcinoma in 4 $(40\%)$ and 6 $(60\%)$
patients, respectively. One patient $(10\%)$ had regional
lymph node metastasis (pN1). The International Society of
Urological Pathology (ISUP) grade groups (GGs) were 2
$(60\%),$ 3 $(20\%),$ and 5 $(20\%).$ Overall, 46 of 60
prostate sextants were histologically positive for PC. While
PSMA expression was detected in all patients, FAP expression
was observed in 5 of 9 cases $(55.5\%).$ Per-patient and
per-segment analyses demonstrated that [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-FAPI-46
and [¹⁸F]F-/[⁶⁸Ga]Ga-PSMA had comparable diagnostic
accuracy and outperformed [¹⁸F]FDG. The mean (SD) SUVmax
of the entire prostate was highest for PSMA PET/CT at 13.1
(7), followed by FAPI at 7.6 (5.5) and FDG at 5.4 (3.5) (p =
0.015). Among patients in the FAPI subgroup, those with ISUP
GG 3-5 exhibited greater FAP expression and radiotracer
uptake compared to ISUP GG 2 cases. In the two high-grade
patients, [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 demonstrated greater tumor
uptake than [¹⁸F]PSMA / [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-PSMA PET/CT.
Notably, MRI demonstrated higher diagnostic accuracy and
superior local staging compared to all radiotracers
evaluated.FAP expression was detected in a subset of
high-risk PC patients, particularly in those with
higher-grade disease. This proof-of-concept study may
suggest a role for [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 PET/CT in primary PC
with low PSMA avidity, but further research is warranted to
define its clinical application.},
keywords = {Fibroblast activation protein (Other) / Fluorodeoxyglucose
F18 (Other) / Positron emission tomography (Other) /
Prostate neoplasms (Other) / Prostate-specific membrane
antigen (Other)},
cin = {ED01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)ED01-20160331},
pnm = {899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-899},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40423777},
doi = {10.1007/s00259-025-07352-6},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/301724},
}