Publications by authors named "Julia Ruffing"
Biology (Basel)
April 2022
Article Synopsis
- Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET scans are used to assess treatment responses in metastatic prostate cancer by measuring parameters like standardized uptake value (SUV) and PSMA-positive tumor volume (PSMA-TV), but calculating whole-body PSMA-TV can be time-consuming.
- A study with 65 patients evaluated the effectiveness of using only a few of the hottest or largest lesions to quantify changes in PSMA-TV and other related parameters, comparing these results with whole-body calculations and correlating them with serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels.
- Results indicated that in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, there were no significant differences in the calculated parameters; however, variations were noted in patients treated with taxanes and radiol
