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. 2014 Sep 9;1:11. doi: 10.1186/2197-7364-1-11

Table 1.

PET tracers for prostate cancer

Tracer Mechanism Specificity
18F-FDG Glucose metabolism Non-specific
11C/18F-choline Lipid metabolism Non-specific
11C/18F-acetate Lipid metabolism Non-specific
18F-NaF Calcium analog Non-specific
11C-methionine Amino acid transport Non-specific
18F-FACBC Amino acid transport Non-specific
18F-FLT Cell proliferation Non-specific
18F-FMAU Cell proliferation Non-specific
18F-FDHT Androgen receptor Specific
18F-DCFBC, 64Cu/89Zr-J591, 68Ga-PSMA, others PSMA inhibitors/antibodies Specific