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OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to show the performance and evaluate the factors influencing the positivity rate (PR) of commercially produced 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT in the detection of recurrent prostate cancer in clinical practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 152 men who had suspected biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after receiving initial treatment and underwent fluciclovine PET/CT. PRs were calculated for whole-body, prostate and prostate bed, and extraprostatic locations. The influence of different factors, such as the absolute prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, PSA kinetics, the Gleason score, and Gleason grade groups, on the PR was evaluated. RESULTS. The overall PR was 81% (123/152) for the whole body, 61% (92/152) for the prostate and prostate bed, and 55% (83/152) for extraprostatic locations. There was a linear increase in the PR with an increasing PSA level (p 0.05). In addition, no statistically significant linear trend was found between the PR and increasing Gleason grade group. However, for every 1-unit increase in a patient's Gleason score, the odds of a positive finding in the extraprostatic location increased by 49% (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION. Commercially produced fluciclovine PET/CT has a high PR for detection of prostate cancer recurrence and is positively correlated with increasing PSA levels. For extraprostatic disease, the PR increases with higher Gleason scores.

Ureterocutaneous fistulas are rare, often iatrogenic complications. We present a case of a 60 year old woman suffering a ureterocutaneous fistula in association with an infected vascular graft. Percutaneous diversion of urinary fluid with a nephrostomy tube is an acceptable form of management.

Small cell carcinoma of the prostate (SCCP) is a rare disorder. We present here a case of SCCP exhibiting multiple unique clinical findings, demonstrating the variability of SCCP at presentation.

21 Background: Treatment of ISUP Grade Group 1 (Gleason 3+3 = 6) disease continues to evolve in the modern era. We examined our surgical database to investigate patterns of behavior in this pathologic subset. Methods: We reviewed the results of 1127 consecutive radical prostatectomies performed by our surgeons from 2012−2015 at various community and academic medical centers in Chicagoland. Specifically, we examined the ISUP Grade Group 1 (Gleason 3+3 = 6) patients in our database, 314 patients overall. Results: A review of our database revealed that of ISUP Grade Group 1 (Gleason 3+3 = 6) patients (n = 314), only 3.82% had pT3 disease (11 patients stage pT3a and 1 stage pT3b). The only patient of these 12 to have lymphovascular invasion (LVI) was the singular pT3b patient. Overall, ISUP Grade Group 1 (Gleason 3+3 = 6) pT3 disease represents only 1.06% of all prostatectomies in our database. Conclusions: In our large prostatectomy cohort, ISUP Grade Group 1 (Gleason 3+3 = 6) prostate cancer was rarely associated with extra−prostatic extension (pT3) or lymphovascular invasion (LVI), suggesting that it has very low metastatic potential. These findings give further support to the trend of increased utilization of active surveillance for low risk prostate cancer.