How would you work up a patient with prostate cancer with bone scan suspicious for metastatic disease and a negative PSMA PET/CT?
Additional imaging of the potential lesions, biopsy or assume negative given normal PSMA PET/CT.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
While some bone metastases are 99mTc-positive and PSMA-negative, this circumstance is quite rare (< 2%). Based on this alone, in cases like this, I typically conclude that the patient is clinically M0. However, I do consider 3 other factors: the prevalence of bone metastases within the patient&rs...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
The answer all depends on context. Roughly 10% of prostate cancer mets will be negative on PSMA but show up positive on FDG PET. I have seen clinical scenarios where Occam's Razor no longer applies. How positive is the bone scan/was there any equivocation? Consider that they may have other potential...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I like the approach laid out by @Sushil Beriwal. If both MRI and PSMA are negative, I would probably assume the bone scan lesion was a false positive.
I am also generally in favor of biopsy for solitary bone lesions on imaging. I know we may not be convinced by a negative biopsy, but we would ...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
I appreciate everyone's response on this question. I think it is important to inform everyone on how the case turned out. A little more information on this case that spurred this question, and to answer Dr. @Mehmet Sitki Copur's excellent questions. The patient was a newly diagnosed T1c, PSA 15.28, ...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
We need more information here. Is this a newly diagnosed case? If this is the initial diagnosis, what is the PSA and Gleason score? What is the risk stratification? If a bone scan is done, I assume this is at least unfavorable intermediate group? Or, if this is a patient with post-prostatectomy or r...