Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Targeted Imaging With [18F]DCFPyL in High-Grade Gliomas

Roberto Andres Salas Fragomeni, Joshua R. Menke, Matthias Holdhoff, Clare Ferrigno, John Joseph Laterra, Lilja B. Solnes, Mehrbod S. Javadi, Zsolt Szabo, Martin G. Pomper, Steven P. Rowe

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Abstract

High-grade gliomas (World Health Organization grade III-IV) are highly lethal primary brain tumors. Imaging modalities, including MRI and FDG PET, provide a limited ability to differentiate treatment effects (such as radiation necrosis) from recurrent or residual tumor. As the first step in validating the applicability of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted imaging in high-grade gliomas, we evaluated the ability of the PSMA-targeted small molecule [F]DCFPyL (2-(3-(1carboxy-5-(6-[F]fluoro-pyridine-3-carbonyl)-amino]-pentyl)-ureido)-pentanedioic acid) to image high-grade gliomas in a series of 3 prospectively recruited patients. We found [F]DCFPyL binds PSMA in the neovasculature of glioblastoma multiforme and tumor cells of anaplastic astrocytoma.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)e433-e435
JournalClinical nuclear medicine
Volume42
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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