Imaging modalities in synchronous oligometastatic prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Along with a number of other malignancies, the term "oligometastatic" prostate cancer has recently emerged. It represents an attempt to define a subtype of cancer with a limited metastatic load that might perform more favorably than a distinctly disseminated disease, or even one that may be managed in a potentially curative way. Since there is currently a knowledge gap of what imaging modalities should be utilized to classify patients as having this type of tumor, we aimed to shed light on the role of conventional and marker-based imaging in the setting of synchronous oligometastatic prostate cancer as well as summarize the available evidence for its clinical application.

Methods

A literature search on December 15th 2017 was conducted using the Pubmed database.

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SUBMITTER: Futterer JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868105 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature