Would you recommend biopsy of a bone met noted on PSMA PET after definitive prostate radiation?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
There is no simple answer to this. The following are some relevant considerations:
What was the original risk category? What was the Gleason score?
What was the pre-treatment workup? Was there anything noted there previously?
Was or is the patient on ADT?
Pre-treatment and current PSA values?
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Radiation Oncologist at Willis Knighton Cancer Center I've seen a false positive in an isolated sacral w...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I presume that the patient was treated for localized prostate cancer. Then had some appropriate interval of decrease in PSA. And now has developed biochemical recurrence (per Phoenix definition) which prompted a PSMA PET/CT. For the basis of argument, I will assume that there is one location that is...
I've seen a false positive in an isolated sacral w...