BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, and has the second-highest mortality among male malignant carcinomas. 1 At initial diagnosis, the extent and spread of the cancer are key factors in deciding the appropriate treatment. For localized disease, the main treatment modalities are radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy, or brachytherapy. About one-third of patients develop recurrence after primary definitive treatment. 2 Localization of recurrent disease is critical to the subsequent therapeutic strategy and prognosis because focal salvage treatment options are emerging. 3,4 In the past, the role of PET for prostate cancer imaging has been limited. However, in recent years, several new PET tracers have emerged that offer improved diagnostic performance for detecting localized disease and metastases at initial diagnosis and localize disease recurrence. 5 One of these PET tracers is trans-1-amino-3-18 Ffluorocyclobutanecarboxylic acid (anti-18 F-FACBC, 18 F-fluciclovine). 18 F-fluciclovine is a radiolabeled amino acid analogue that exploits the increased demand of amino acids in tumor tissue for prostate cancer imaging 6 (Fig. 1). Long half-life and limited urinary excretion are also desirable features of 18 F-fluciclovine. 7 At present,