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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Added value of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT for the detection of bone metastases in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer and a previous 99mTc bone scintigraphy

Patient demographics (n = 112)

Age (years), mean (range)

68

(48–78)

PSA (ng/mL), mean (range)

34.5

(1.7–276)

 median

21

 

Gleason

 7 (3 + 4), n

17

(15.2%)

 7 (4 + 3), n

24

(21.4%)

 8, n

10

(8.9%)

 9, n

61

(54.5%)

T-stage

 T1, n

24

(21.4%)

 T2, n

37

(33.0%)

 T3, n

47

(42.0%)

 T4, n

4

(3.6%)

EAU risk score

 Favorable* intermediate, n

7

(6.3%)

 Unfavorable intermediate risk, n

6

(5.4%)

 High risk, n

99

(88.4%)

Reason for PSMA-PET/CT

 CT equivocal

30

(26.8%)

 Bone scan equivocal

22

(19.6%)

 Very high risk and no metastases according to BS or CT

28

(25.0%)

 Participation in a PSMA-study

20

(17.9%)

 Miscellaneous

12

(10.7%)

Bone scintigraphy prior to inclusion

 Planar whole body

23

(20.5%)

 Planar whole body + SPECT/CT

89

(79.5%)

Time between PSMA-PET/CT and BS (days)

 Median (range)

22

(6–80)

  1. BS bone scintigraphy, CT computed tomography, EAU European Association of Urology, SPECT single-photon emission computed tomography
  2. *Intermediate EAU risk differentiate between patients with Gleason 7 (3+4) as favorable and Gleason 7 (4 + 3) as unfavorable