. 2017 Oct 28;9(10):389–399. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v9.i10.389

Table 1.

Selected positron emission tomography tracers used for prostate cancer imaging

PET tracers	Mechanism of action
[¹⁸F]FDG	Glucose metabolism
Sodium [¹⁸F]fluoride	Chemisorption to bone matrix
[¹⁸F]choline, [¹¹C]choline	Cell membrane metabolism
[¹⁸F]DCFBC, [⁶⁸Ga]HBED-CC	PSMA binding
[¹¹C]acetate	Fatty acid metabolism
[¹⁸F]fluciclovine	Amino acid transport
[⁶⁸Ga]DOTA-bombesin	GRPR receptor binding
[¹⁸F]FDHT	Androgen receptor binding

PET: Positron emission tomography; [¹⁸F]FDG: (¹⁸F)fluoro-D-glucose; [¹⁸F]DCFBC: (¹⁸F)fluorobenzyl-L-cysteine; GRPR: Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor.