Oligometastatic prostate cancer treatment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Rossetti ◽  
Marilena Di Napoli ◽  
Carmela Pisano ◽  
Sabrina C Cecere ◽  
Rosa Tambaro ◽  
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Oligometastatic prostate cancer is an intermediate state between localized disease and widespread metastasis. Its biological and clinical peculiarities are still to be elucidated. New imaging techniques contribute to the detection of patients with oligometastatic disease. PET/CT scanning with prostate-specific membrane antigen can improve the selection of men with true early, low-volume oligometastatic disease, who are candidates for metastasis-directed therapy. Clinical studies demonstrated that androgen deprivation therapy can be delayed in oligometastatic patients with a low tumor burden, although no survival benefit has been demonstrated at present. This article presents available evidence on the treatment strategies for oligometastatic prostate cancer.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Sollini ◽  
Francesco Bartoli ◽  
Lara Cavinato ◽  
Francesca Ieva ◽  
Alessandra Ragni ◽  
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Abstract Background The role of image-derived biomarkers in recurrent oligometastatic Prostate Cancer (PCa) is unexplored. This paper aimed to evaluate [18F]FMCH PET/CT radiomic analysis in patients with recurrent PCa after primary radical therapy. Specifically, we tested intra-patient lesions similarity in oligometastatic and plurimetastatic PCa, comparing the two most used definitions of oligometastatic disease. Methods PCa patients eligible for [18F]FMCH PET/CT presenting biochemical failure after first-line curative treatments were invited to participate in this prospective observational trial. PET/CT images of 92 patients were visually and quantitatively analyzed. Each patient was classified as oligometastatic or plurimetastatic according to the total number of detected lesions (up to 3 and up to 5 or > 3 and > 5, respectively). Univariate and intra-patient lesions' similarity analysis were performed. Results [18F]FMCH PET/CT identified 370 lesions, anatomically classified as regional lymph nodes and distant metastases. Thirty-eight and 54 patients were designed oligometastatic and plurimetastatic, respectively, using a 3-lesion threshold. The number of oligometastic scaled up to 60 patients (thus 32 plurimetastatic patients) with a 5-lesion threshold. Similarity analysis showed high lesions' heterogeneity. Grouping patients according to the number of metastases, patients with oligometastatic PCa defined with a 5-lesion threshold presented lesions heterogeneity comparable to plurimetastic patients. Lesions within patients having a limited tumor burden as defined by three lesions were characterized by less heterogeneity. Conclusions We found a comparable heterogeneity between patients with up to five lesions and plurimetastic patients, while patients with up to three lesions were less heterogeneous than plurimetastatic patients, featuring different cells phenotypes in the two groups. Our results supported the use of a 3-lesion threshold to define oligometastatic PCa.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Rogowski ◽  
Mack Roach ◽  
Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann ◽  
Christian Trapp ◽  
Rieke von Bestenbostel ◽  
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Abstract Background Due to improved imaging sensitivity, the term “oligometastatic” prostate cancer disease is diagnosed more often, leading to an increasing interest in metastasis-directed therapy (MDT). There are two types of radiation based MDT applied when treating oligometastatic disease: (1) stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) generally used for bone metastases; or (2) SBRT for isolated nodal oligometastases combined with prophylactic elective nodal radiotherapy. This review aims to summarize current evidence data, which may shed light on the optimal management of this heterogeneous group of patients. Methods A systematic review of the Medline database through PubMed was performed according to PRISMA guidelines. All relevant studies published up to November 2020 were identified and screened. Fifty-six titles were included. Besides outcome parameters, different prognostic and predictive factors were assessed, including site of metastases, time between primary treatment and MDT, use of systemic therapies, hormone sensitivity, as well as pattern of recurrence. Findings Evidence consists largely of retrospective case series and no consistent precise definition of oligometastasis exists, however, most investigators seem to acknowledge the need to distinguish between patients presenting with what is frequently called “synchronous” versus “metachronous” oligometastatic disease. Available data on radiotherapy as MDT demonstrate high local control rates and a small but relevant proportion of patients without progressive disease after 2 years. This holds true for both hormone sensitive and castration resistant prostate cancer diseases. The use of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT for staging increased dramatically. Radiation doses and field sizes varied considerably among the studies. The search for relevant prognostic and predictive factors is ongoing. Conclusions To our best knowledge this review on oligometastatic prostate cancer included the largest number of original articles. It demonstrates the therapeutic potential and challenges of MDT for oligometastatic prostate cancer. Prospective studies are under way and will provide further high-level evidence.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 3064
Author(s):  
Jean-Emmanuel Bibault ◽  
Steven Hancock ◽  
Mark K. Buyyounouski ◽  
Hilary Bagshaw ◽  
John T. Leppert ◽  
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Prostate cancer treatment strategies are guided by risk-stratification. This stratification can be difficult in some patients with known comorbidities. New models are needed to guide strategies and determine which patients are at risk of prostate cancer mortality. This article presents a gradient-boosting model to predict the risk of prostate cancer mortality within 10 years after a cancer diagnosis, and to provide an interpretable prediction. This work uses prospective data from the PLCO Cancer Screening and selected patients who were diagnosed with prostate cancer. During follow-up, 8776 patients were diagnosed with prostate cancer. The dataset was randomly split into a training (n = 7021) and testing (n = 1755) dataset. Accuracy was 0.98 (±0.01), and the area under the receiver operating characteristic was 0.80 (±0.04). This model can be used to support informed decision-making in prostate cancer treatment. AI interpretability provides a novel understanding of the predictions to the users.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 4982
Author(s):  
Carlos Artigas ◽  
Romain Diamand ◽  
Qaid Ahmed Shagera ◽  
Nicolas Plouznikoff ◽  
Fabrice Fokoue ◽  
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Metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) in oligometastatic prostate cancer has the potential of delaying the start of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and disease progression. We aimed to analyze the efficacy of PSMA-PET/CT in detecting oligometastatic disease (OMD), to look for predictive factors of OMD, and to evaluate the impact of PSMA-PET/CT findings on clinical management. We retrospectively analyzed a homogeneous population of 196 hormone-sensitive prostate cancer patients (HSPC), considered potential candidates for MDT, with a PSMA-PET/CT performed at biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP). Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed based on several clinico-pathological factors. Changes in clinical management before and after PSMA-PET/CT were analyzed. The OMD detection rate was 44% for a total positivity rate of 60%. PSMA-PET/CT positivity was independently related to PSA (OR (95%CI), p) (1.7 (1.3–2.3), p < 0.0001) and PSAdt (0.4 (0.2–0.8), p = 0.013), and OMD detection was independently related to PSA (1.6 (1.2–2.2), p = 0.001) and no previous salvage therapy (0.3 (0.1–0.9), p = 0.038). A treatment change was observed in 58% of patients, mostly to perform MDT after OMD detection (60% of changes). This study showed that PSMA-PET/CT is an excellent imaging technique to detect OMD early in HSPC patients with BCR after RP, changing therapeutic management mostly into MDT.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 213-213
Author(s):  
Benedikt Engels ◽  
Ozan Cem Guler ◽  
Cem Onal ◽  
Mark De Ridder

213 Background: Metastases-directed therapy by metastasectomy or radiotherapy (RT) might delay disease progression and postpone systemic treatment in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer. Here, we evaluated retrospectively the efficacy and toxicity of 68Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET-CT guided radiotherapy (RT) in the treatment of oligometastatic prostate cancer. Methods: A total of 23 prostate cancer patients with biochemical relapse, of which 13 castration-sensitive and 10 castration-resistant, were treated with intensity-modulated and image-guided RT (IMRT-IGRT) on ≤ 3 metastases detected by 68Ga PSMA PET-CT. Androgen deprivation therapy was continued in castration-resistant patients. Local control (LC), progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were estimated with the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: A total of 38 metastases were treated. Involved sites were pelvic bone (n = 16), pelvic lymph nodes (n = 11), para-aortic lymph nodes (n = 6), ribs (n = 3) and vertebral body (n = 2). The median PSA prior to RT was 1.06 ng/ml (range 0.10 – 29.0 ng/ml). A median dose of 43.5 Gy (range, 30-64 Gy) was delivered by IMRT-IGRT in 12-27 fractions. At a median follow-up of 7 months (range, 2-17 months), 19 patients (83%) are in remission. Four patients (17%) developed distant recurrence. The actuarial 1-year LC, PFS and OS rates were 100%, 51% (95% CI 8-83%) and 100%. Castration-sensitive patients displayed a statistically significantly superior PFS on univariate analysis as compared to castration-resistant patients (1-year PFS 67% vs 0%, p < 0.01). One patient experienced grade 2 acute gastro-intestinal toxicity. No grade 3 or more toxic events were observed. Conclusions: By providing optimal LC, low toxicity and a promising PFS in castration-sensitive patients, the current retrospective study illustrated that 68Ga PSMA PET-CT guided RT may be an attractive treatment option in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer. Validation by randomized trials is eagerly awaited.


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