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18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT Superior to 11C-Choline PET/CT for the Detection of a Prostate Cancer Relapse

We have all been ever increasingly aware of the weakness of our scanning technologies when it comes to both diagnosing prostate cancer and its recurrence. Given that about 1/3 of all primary treatments for prostate cancer will fail and the cancer will return it is vital that we improve our ability to detect prostate cancer [...]

By Malecare|2020-02-04T11:41:17-05:00June 28th, 2016|(18)F-FACBC, [11C] choline PET/CT, Advanced Prostate Cancer, Bio Chemical Recurrence, Choline C11, CT Scans, General Information, Imaging, Scanning Technology, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Study Shows that the Metastasis-Free Period Affects Prostate Cancer Patient Survival

A study from Michael T. Schweizer, MD, and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Md. concluded that the longer the metastasis-free survival after a radical prostatectomy the longer overall survival in men who experience biochemical recurrence (PSA only recurrence) of their prostate cancer. This conclusion was made from a retrospectively study of 450 men [...]