Naveen Kella, MD, The Urology Place

Experts Naveen Kella, MD, and Dr. Shadi Esfahani, MD, MPH, consider the continued impact of PSMA PET imaging on prostate cancer management and emerging modalities that could revolutionize patient care.

In the first article of this series, Naveen Kella, MD, discusses the transformative impact of PSMA PET-CT imaging on prostate cancer diagnosis, highlighting its advantages and addressing clinical challenges and guidelines in this evolving field.

Factors impacting the choice between gallium 68 and fluorine 18 PSMA PET tracers, including half-lives, institutional capabilities, access to resources, detection rates, reimbursement constraints, and potential differences in interpretation.

Naveen Kella, MD, and Dr. Shadi Esfahani, MD, MPH, discuss the consensus between clinical guidelines for PSMA PET CT usage in prostate cancer, emphasizing multidisciplinary collaboration and the importance of urologists' involvement.

Expert urologist Naveen Kella, MD, shares his perspective on the advent of PSMA PET-CT imaging in patients with prostate cancer, addressing both benefits and limitations to this approach.

Key opinion leaders discuss how PSMA PET CT tracers, including gallium 68 and fluorine 18, are revolutionizing prostate cancer patient management and with accurate and early detection of disease spread.

A review of available PSMA PET tracers for prostate cancer detection, covering sensitivity, specificity, access to therapy, and reimbursement impacting patient care.

Shared insight into FDA-approved PSMA PET imaging tracers, highlighting similarities and differences between gallium 68 and fluorine 18 compounds.

Naveen Kella, MD, and Dr. Shadi Esfahani, MD, MPH, delve into patient selection for PSMA PET CT scans, discussing indications spanning initial diagnosis and recurrence, as well as institution guidelines.

Experts explore PSMA's significance in prostate cancer imaging, covering its expression, limitations, and transformative role in detecting even low PSA recurrences with PSMA-PET technology.

In this introductory dialogue, Naveen Kella, MD, and Dr. Shadi Esfahani, MD, MPH, discuss PSMA-PET's transformative role alongside conventional techniques in prostate cancer imaging.