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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Jul;41(7):515–521. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001197

TABLE 3.

Relationship Between GLEASON Score, Biochemical, and Scan Finding (n = 125 Patients; Mean (Range) and Median)

PET/CT Choline-Positive (n = 93) Choline-Negative (n = 32) P PSMA-Positive (n = 14) PSMA-Negative (n = 18) P
Gleason score 7 (5–10) 7 7 (6–9) 7 >0.05 7 (6–9) 7 7 (6–9) 7 >0.05
PSA level (ng/mL) 7.42 (0.22–126.59) 2.84 1.34 (0.23–4.39) 1.05 <0.001 2.01 (0.53–4.39) 1.47 1.09 (0.30–2.55) 0.74 0.054
PSA doubling time (mo)# 8.2 (0.7–51.1) 5.2 12.1 (2.1–59.6) 9.0 0.005 10.7 (2.1–19.3) 9.4 12.2 (2.4–59.6) 7.6 0.540
PSA velocity (ng/mL per year)# 10.1 (0.1–267.8) 1.4 1.0 (0.1–3.5) 0.7 <0.001 1.3 (0.2–3.5) 1.0 0.9 (0.1–2.9) 0.6 0.226
#

PSA kinetics not available in one patient.

PSA indicates prostate-specific antigen; PSMA, prostate-specific membrane antigen.