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Positive FAPI-PET/CT in a metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patient with PSMA-negative/FDG-positive disease

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Kirrberger Str., Geb. 50, D-66421, Homburg, Germany

    Fadi Khreish, Florian Rosar & Samer Ezziddin

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Clemens Kratochwil, Frederik Lars Giesel & Uwe Haberkorn

  3. Clinical Cooperation Unit Nuclear Medicine, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany

    Uwe Haberkorn

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Authors KC, GFL and HU have a patent application for radiolabeled FAP-ligands. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Khreish, F., Rosar, F., Kratochwil, C. et al. Positive FAPI-PET/CT in a metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patient with PSMA-negative/FDG-positive disease. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 47, 2040–2041 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-019-04623-x

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