PET SCAN with AXUMEN
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A couple of weeks ago I was in conversation with someone in this blog and I have forgotten who it was with (my apologies) and he asked me to get back with him after it was performed.
So, The PET SCAN with AXUMEN was the same as a regular PET Scan. Get an IV, they shoot you up with the radioactive tracer and you lay in the bed that slides you through the scanner. Took about 30-40 minutes. No side effects. Didn't feel any 'funny' feeling when injected.
Results came out negative for any lesions present in any part of my body. I am now on the wait and watch regimen, testing my PSA every 3 months. If it increases I am not sure what is next because at this point EBRT isn't practical unless they think it is OK to just bombard me with radiation with no target in mind, kinda like the US policy on bombing Afghanistan.
The purpose of the use of AXUMEN was that this radioactive tracer was specifically sensitive to Prostate cells. I guess the low PSA is still too low even though I am not far from the clinical definition of having recurrent cancer.
Wait and watch.......guess it is better than the 'real' thing.
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anne05147 richard98806
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Hi Richard,
?Did where can you get one of these scans done, had you been diagnosed with PC. What is your PSA. My husband has a fluctuating PSA and an enlarge prostate and they want to do a biopsy even though the MRI they said shows nothing 'exciting'. Would this scan be more definitive.
Stay well. Best wishes. Anne.
richard98806 anne05147
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I am post op surgery, 6 months Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy. I should have negligible to zero PSA reading. I don't. I may have benign prostate cells left behind or worse cancerous. The PET Scan with Axumen is specifically approved ONLY after TREATMENT fpr the cancer,ie; surgery or radiatio0n. The axumen is a radioactive tracer that tracks down only prostate cells (or something like that)
anne05147 richard98806
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Sorry Richard I didn't realise this was something they do post surgery for PC. Thanks for clarifying.
Davey22 richard98806
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Thanks Richard for the update, I was the person that asked. I'll be getting one myself very soon.
richard98806
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the scan is NOTHING. It's all about the results. Not sure if we were premature in the timing. .15 then last months .19 PSA may be too low, even though it seems like .2 is the number that triggers further treatment.
WAIT and WATCH. at least EBRT is delayed at least 3 months.
Good luck
richard98806
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Hey I am back, unfortunately. Received 3 month PSA results.
.26 up from .20.
Had RARP one year ago, 4-3=7 Gleason. PSA : .15, .19, .20, now .26. Without actually doing the math that's doubling in 1 year. NO BUENO.
Go to urologist on Friday. ANYBODY out there facing treatment for RECURRENT CANCER? Or been through it? EBRT or ADT?
Feeling down about it all