New Criteria for Diagnosing Bone Metastasis in Prostate Cancer...Suncheonhyang University Cheonan Hospital Accuracy 95%
Mar 17, 2025
Cheonan Hospital (Hospital Director Lee Moon-soo) affiliated with Soonchunhyang University has recently announced a research result that diagnoses bone metastasis in prostate cancer patients with objective numbers, drawing attention from academia.
Prostate cancer is more likely to metastasize to bones than other cancers, so bone scan imaging is essential.
The commonly used bone scan is only capable of flat imaging. As a result, the anatomical detailed structure of the lesion was difficult to identify, so the diagnosis was mainly based on the experience and judgment of the doctor.
A team of professors from the Department of Nuclear Medicine (Lee Jung-won, Yoo Ik-dong, Hong Seon-pyo) and the Department of Urology (Kim Si-hyun) at Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital used Veriton CT, a nuclear medical imaging equipment that can perform tomography on all sides of the bone.
Veriton CT, which provides stereoscopic (3D) images without blind spots with quantitative information, classifies the exact location, size, and change of the lesion, so it can establish a baseline for metastasis.
The actual baseline found 94.8% of the patients with ▲ bone metastasis in prostate cancer and 95.5% of the ▲ total patient group, demonstrating its usefulness as a new diagnostic method to check for bone metastasis.
Professor Lee Jung-won (Department of Nuclear Medicine) said, "We will help reduce misdiagnosis and determine the appropriate treatment direction through objective figures. We will continue to conduct follow-up studies to help patients diagnose and evaluate treatment using Veriton CT."."
The results of this study were published in the latest issue of the SCI-level international journal Diagnostics under the theme of 「The ability to diagnose quantitative parameters of whole-body bone SPECT/CT using a full-ring 360-degree Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride camera to detect bone metastasis in prostate cancer patients」.
Veriton CT, which was used in the study, was the only one in Korea introduced by Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital. Compared to conventional gamma cameras, the test time is cut in half and 3D stereoscopic images are provided with 10 times clearer high definition, which is useful for diagnosing various diseases including cancer.
Prostate cancer is more likely to metastasize to bones than other cancers, so bone scan imaging is essential.
The commonly used bone scan is only capable of flat imaging. As a result, the anatomical detailed structure of the lesion was difficult to identify, so the diagnosis was mainly based on the experience and judgment of the doctor.
A team of professors from the Department of Nuclear Medicine (Lee Jung-won, Yoo Ik-dong, Hong Seon-pyo) and the Department of Urology (Kim Si-hyun) at Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital used Veriton CT, a nuclear medical imaging equipment that can perform tomography on all sides of the bone.
Veriton CT, which provides stereoscopic (3D) images without blind spots with quantitative information, classifies the exact location, size, and change of the lesion, so it can establish a baseline for metastasis.
The actual baseline found 94.8% of the patients with ▲ bone metastasis in prostate cancer and 95.5% of the ▲ total patient group, demonstrating its usefulness as a new diagnostic method to check for bone metastasis.
Professor Lee Jung-won (Department of Nuclear Medicine) said, "We will help reduce misdiagnosis and determine the appropriate treatment direction through objective figures. We will continue to conduct follow-up studies to help patients diagnose and evaluate treatment using Veriton CT."."
The results of this study were published in the latest issue of the SCI-level international journal Diagnostics under the theme of 「The ability to diagnose quantitative parameters of whole-body bone SPECT/CT using a full-ring 360-degree Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride camera to detect bone metastasis in prostate cancer patients」.
Veriton CT, which was used in the study, was the only one in Korea introduced by Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital. Compared to conventional gamma cameras, the test time is cut in half and 3D stereoscopic images are provided with 10 times clearer high definition, which is useful for diagnosing various diseases including cancer.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
