Posted on March 6, 2018 by Sitemaster
A group of Italian researchers have apparently shown that a copper-64 dichloride-based radiotracing agent (64CuCl2) is better than currently-used 18FCl radiotracers in the detection of biochemically recurrent prostate cancer with PET/CT scans … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Risk | Tagged: copper-64, imaging, PET/CT, radiotracer, scan | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 12, 2016 by Sitemaster
As many readers will be aware, there has been a lot of ongoing research using the gallium-68 (68Ga) radioisotope linked to various forms of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) in concert with PET scan imaging to identify sites of early recurrence of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: copper-64, gallium-68, PET, PSMA, radioligand, scan | 7 Comments »