Comparison of Tracers That Are Commonly Used in Prostate Cancer Imaging

Note.—Adapted and reprinted, with permission, from reference 26. The odds ratio numbers represent odds ratios with choline as the reference. As a general pattern, no significant difference was observed among choline, ¹¹C-acetate, and FACBC. Further details are found in the systematic review by Yu et al (26). FACBC = anti-¹⁸F-1-amino-3-fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid, FDG = ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose, PSMA = prostate-specific membrane antigen.

*¹¹C-Choline or ¹⁸F-choline.

^†FDG tended to help detect a lower proportion of patients suspected of having disease.

^‡PSMA-directed imaging strategies tended to help detect a higher proportion of patients suspected of having disease.

^§ND = no data (no observations).