The Relationship between the SUVmax Value Obtained in Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT and Lactate Dehydrogenase and Alkaline Phosphatase in Prostate Cancer

Seyit Ahmet ERTÜRK, İsmail ŞALK, Birsen YÜCEL, Özge ULAŞ BABACAN, Zekiye HASBEK

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Archivos Españoles de Urología ›› 2022, Vol. 75 ›› Issue (6) : 552-558. DOI: 10.37554/en-j.arch.esp.urol-20210903-3536-35
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The Relationship between the SUVmax Value Obtained in Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT and Lactate Dehydrogenase and Alkaline Phosphatase in Prostate Cancer

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Objectives: ALP and LDH are serum markers of prognostic importance in prostate cancer patients. PET/CT imaging with Ga-68 PSMA has played an important role in prostate cancer imaging in recent years. Our aim in this study was to evaluate the relationship and prognostic significance between SUVmax values obtained with Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT and LDH and ALP levels in prostate cancer patients.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 61 prostate cancer patients who had Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT imaging and who did not have a prostatectomy between 2019 and 2020. PSA, ALP and LDH levels were measured in all patients before or after imaging within a maximum of 28 days.

Results: The median age of the patients included in this study was 73 (range: 57–89) and all 61 patients were prostatic adenocarcinoma. 50 (82%) of the patients had distant metastasis in Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT. There was a significant positive correlation between serum LDH and PSA levels. There was a positive correlation between serum ALP and PSA levels. A negative correlation was found between ALP levels and prostate SUVmax.

Conclusions: While negative correlation was found between SUVmax and ALP levels, no correlation was found between LDH levels and SUVmax. High ALP levels were found to be related to metastasis rates and severity and high serum PSA levels.

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PSMA / PET/CT / bone metastasis / prostate cancer / alkaline phophatase / lactate dehydrogenase

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Seyit Ahmet ERTÜRK , İsmail ŞALK , Birsen YÜCEL , Özge ULAŞ BABACAN , Zekiye HASBEK. The Relationship between the SUVmax Value Obtained in Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT and Lactate Dehydrogenase and Alkaline Phosphatase in Prostate Cancer. Archivos Españoles de Urología. 2022, 75(6): 552-558 https://doi.org/10.37554/en-j.arch.esp.urol-20210903-3536-35

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