Table 1.

Patient characteristics (TNM, tumour stage; GSC, Gleason score; PSA at time of PET/CT; ADT, androgen deprivation therapy) and results of biopsies

Patient	Biopsy no	Age (years)	TNM	GSC	PSA at PET (ng/ml)	Previous treatments	Biopsy location	SUVmax	Biopsy result
a	1	65	pT3b pN0 cM0 R1	4 + 5	1.28	Surgery, radiotherapy, ADT	Right ilium	5.9	Normal bone
b	2	53	pT2c pN0 cM0 R1	3 + 4	1.80	Surgery	Left pubic ramus	21.1	Normal bone
c	3	68	pT3a pN0 cM0 R0	4 + 4	0.47	Surgery	T7	47.0	Prostate cancer
d	4	66	cT3b cN0 cM0	4 + 3	110	No-primary staging	Right femur	18.2	Normal bone
d	5		cT3b cN0 cM0			No-primary diagnostic	Left ilium	10.6	Normal bone
e	6	72	pT2 cN0 cM0 R0	3 + 4	2.17	Surgery	Right ilium	11.1	Normal bone
f	7	77	pT2c pN0 cM0 R1	3 + 4	0.96	Surgery	L3	10.3	Normal bone
g	8	65	pT2c pN0 cM0 R1	4 + 3	5.18	Surgery	Left ischial tuberosity	5.1	Normal bone
h	9	79	pT2c pN0 cM0 R1	3 + 4	0.68	Surgery	Right pubic ramus	26.0	Normal bone
i	10	74	cT2 cN0 cM0	3 + 4	3.63	Brachytherapy	Left ilium	7.4	Normal bone
j	11	51	pT2c pN0 L0 R0	3 + 4	0.32	Surgery	T12	9.4	Normal bone