Gallium-68 scans approved in the USA (for imaging of neuroendocrine tumors)

Demonstrating how easy it is to “miss” news that may be important to at least a few members of the prostate cancer community, we have just learned that gallium-68 dotatate ([68Ga]dotatate) PET scanning was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 1, 2016 — but not specifically for use in the detection of metastatic or micrometastatic prostate cancer. … READ MORE …