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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Efficacy of PSMA ligand PET-based radiotherapy for recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy and salvage radiotherapy

Age at PCa diagnosis

Median (range)

64 (48–78)

Initial T-stage

n (%)

 T2a/b

6 (7.7)

 T2c

22 (28.2)

 T3a

18 (23.1)

 T3b

32 (41.0)

Initial N stage

n (%)

 N0

62 (79,5)

 N1

16 (20,5)

Surgical margins

n (%)

 R0

48 (61,5)

 R1

30 (38,5)

Initial risk group

n (%)

 Intermediate

3 (3.9)

 High

29 (37.2)

 Very high

46 (58.8)

Initial PSA (ng/ml)

Median (range)

11.4 (2.8–231.0)

First PSA after RP (ng/ml)

Median (range)

0.07 (0.0–1.9)

Interval in months from RP to sRT

Median (range)

11.16 (3.1–172.6)

PSA nadir after sRT (ng/ml)

Median (range)

0.84 (0.0–12.2)

Interval in months from sRT to PSA recurrence

Median (range)

22.7 (3.0–136.6)

Biochemical non-response after sRT

n (%)

4 (5.1)

PSA level at PSMA-PET imaging (ng/ml)

Median (range)

1.9 (0.1–22.1)

Patients with ADT at PSMA-ligand PET imaging

n (%)

3 (3.9)

PSA-dt at time of PSMA-PET imaging (months)

n (%)

  < 3 (n)

3 (3.9)

 3–6 (n)

32 (41.0)

  > 6–12 (n)

23 (29.5)

  > 12 (n)

16 (20.5)

unknown

4 (5.1)

  1. ADT androgen deprivation therapy, dt doubling time, PCa prostate cancer, PSMA-PET prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography, PSA prostate-specific antigen, RP radical prostatectomy, sRT salvage radiotherapy