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Methods: Serial 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET was prospectively performed at baseline and on days 9, 18, and 28 in 8 men with measurable metastatic hormone-sensitive PCa commencing LHRH ± bicalutamide (cohort 1) and 7 men with castrate-resistant PCa commencing either enzalutamide or abiraterone (cohort 2). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of AB treatment on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET imaging in hormone-naive (luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone ± bicalutamide) and in castrate-resistant men (enzalutamide or abiraterone) with metastatic PCa. In preclinical models, androgen blockade (AB) increases expression of PSMA in both hormone-sensitive and castrate-resistant xenotypes. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) may be targeted for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in the management of prostate cancer (PCa).
