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What is your approach to imaging for localization of biochemical relapse of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy?

Abstract 5014 at ASCO annual meeting 2019 showed superiority of PSMA-PET imaging over fluciclovine-PET imaging. Are you utilizing these specialized prostate CA PET-based imaging?
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Medical Oncology · Duke University School of Medicine
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This is a complex question without a short answer. Men with a very low PSA of less than 0.5 have clear benefits from salvage RT after prostatectomy, particularly if they have T3 disease or positive margins; and these patients rarely have PET positive disease, even with PSMA or Axumin imaging. Thus t...

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