PSMA PET improves decision making for prostate cancer treatment
image: Heat map of prostate bed PSMA PET recurrences distribution in the miTr N0 Mo cohort (n=127 patients) mapped on a template patient's anatomy ...
image: Heat map of prostate bed PSMA PET recurrences distribution in the miTr N0 Mo cohort (n=127 patients) mapped on a template patient's anatomy (the green contour represents the CTV). view more Credit: Image created by Minsong Cao, Dylan O'Connell, and Ida Sonni, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Reston, VA— Detailed PSMA PET mapping of cancer recurrence in the prostate bed shows that current radiotherapy contouring guidelines—which determine the target areas for treatment—miss a significant number of lesions and may irradiate healthy tissues unnecessarily.