DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF 68Ga-PSMA PET/MRI AND MULTIPARAMETRIC MRI IN
DETECTING INDEX TUMOR IN RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY SPECIMEN
Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the 68Gallium
(68Ga) - prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission
tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) and multiparametric MRI
(mpMRI) by region-based comparison of index tumour localisations using
histopathological tumour maps of patients who underwent radical
prostatectomy due to clinically significant prostate cancer. Patients
and Methods The study included 64 patients who underwent radical
prostatectomy after primary staging with mpMRI and 68Ga-PSMA PET/MRI.
Diagnostic analysis was performed by dividing the prostate into four
anatomic regions as left/right anterior and left/right posterior. The
extension of the lesions in mpMRI and the pathological uptake in
68Ga-PSMA PET/MRI were matched separately for each region with the
extension of the index tumour into each region. Results The sensitivity,
specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value,
positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, and the accuracy
of mpMRI and 68Ga-PSMA PET/MRI are shown as 55.7%, 91.8%, 80.6%,
77.2%, 78.1% and 60.8%, 94.3%, 86.8% 79.8%, 83.5%, respectively.
68Ga-PSMA PET/MRI has higher sensitivity and specificity compared with
mpMRI. However, no statistically significant difference was found (p =
0.464). Combined imaging had significantly higher diagnostic accuracy
compared with mpMRI and 68Ga-PSMA PET/MRI (change in AUC: 0.084 and
0.046, p < 0.001 and p = 0.028, respectively), while no
statistically significant difference was found between mpMRI and
68Ga-PSMA PET/MRI (change in AUC: 0.038, p = 0.246). Conclusion
68Ga-PSMA PET/MRI had higher clinical diagnostic accuracy in prostate
cancer compared with mpMRI. Diagnostic accuracy was significantly
increased in the combined use of both imaging modalities.