Results Published for Axumin (Fluciclovine F 18) PET Imaging Study Demonstrating Improved Patient Outcomes in Patients with Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Treatment informed by Axumin PET imaging significantly improved event-free-survival for men with recurrent prostate cancer at three and four years
May 25, 2021 Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and commercialization of innovative PET radiopharmaceuticals, is pleased to share news of the publication of a study from researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University (Winship) evaluating Axumin (fluciclovine F 18) PET imaging in men with recurrent prostate cancer. The randomized, prospective study showed that Axumin-guided post-prostatectomy radiation therapy increased biochemical event-free survival rates in men with recurrent disease. Among 165 patients whose prostate cancer had returned following surgical removal of their prostate, 75.5% whose treatment integrated Axumin PE
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- Treatment informed by Axumin PET imaging significantly improved event-free-survival for men with recurrent prostate cancer at three and four years -
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University s EMPIRE-1 trial is first-of-its-kind randomized patient outcomes study of amino acid PET imaging in influencing a cancer control endpoint -
Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and commercialization of innovative PET radiopharmaceuticals, is pleased to share news of the publication of a study from researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University (Winship) evaluating Axumin (fluciclovine F 18) PET imaging in men with recurrent prostate cancer. The randomized, prospective study showed that Axumin-guided post-prostatectomy radiation therapy increased biochemical event-free survival rates in men with recurrent disease. Among 165 patients whose prostate cancer had returned following surgical removal of their prostate, 75.5% whose t
GSRGT 2020: Aggressive Surgical Approach for Nodal Disease
(UroToday.com) As part of the penile cancer session at the inaugural Global Society of Rare Genitourinary Tumors (GSRGT) 2020 Virtual Summit, Dr. Maarten Albersen from Belgium discussed aggressive surgical approaches for managing patients with nodal disease. Dr. Albersen notes that risk of nodal metastasis is based on the European Association of Urology (EAU) risk delineation:
EAU good risk (pT1G1): 0% risk
EAU intermediate risk (pT1G2): 9% risk
EAU high risk (≥ pT2, G3, or LVI): 23% risk
Indeed, appropriate staging of the inguinal lymph nodes is crucial to management. Dynamic sentinel biopsy is one option but has a high false-negative rate outside of high-volume centers. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines suggest that 20 procedures performed annually should be the baseline, with a steep learning curve of ~30-50 cases. Comparatively, inguinal lymph node dissection has a low false-negative rat