Incremental Value of Ga-68 Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-11 Positron-Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Scan for Preoperative Risk Stratification of Prostate Cancer.

PC burden is growing worldwide with 1.7 million new cases and 499,000 new deaths by 2030.[ 1 ] Although PC incidence rates are low in Asian and North African countries that is 1 to 9/100,000 people, developing countries such as India show an increasing trend.[ 2 ] Most crucial part of patient management in PC is precise local staging of disease.[ 3 ] In addition, treatment choices (such as radical prostatectomy, radiotherapy or palliative systemic treatment and the extent of pelvic lymph node dissection during surgery or planning of the radiation field, and also the consideration of multimodal therapy) are also greatly influenced by staging.

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