Table 2.
Clinical Notes:
In patients with primary PC the following information should be included: |
– date of diagnosis |
– type of verification of diagnosis (biopsy results, time of biopsy, Gleason score) |
– current PSA value |
– previous imaging results |
– relevant further diagnoses (e.g. renal insufficiency, other malignancies) |
In patients with biochemical recurrence additional information is necessary: |
– previous surgery and therapy (e.g. antihormonal treatment, radiation therapy, chemotherapy) |
– initial PSA value, PSA nadir, facultative information on PSA-kinetics |
Technical Details: |
– exact name of the radiopharmaceutical agent and applied activity, time of scan start post injection, number of bed positions and time per bed position, body weight |
– Information concerning medication administered as preparation of the PET scan (e.g. furosemide) |
– CT-protocol: low-dose or/and diagnostic CT, contrast agent application (oral/rectal/ intravenous, information on concentrations and volumes, native, arterial, portalvenous), scanned portion of the body |