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Had a meeting with Patrick Bowden (rad onc Epworth Melbourne) after MRI due to rising PSA. Result negative, but he offered a PSMA PET scan at Peter Mac in about a month.  Hoping this will find the problem. It is a full body scan and shows metabolic activity as against structural change.

 

This is very new and has only been available in Melbourne for 3 weeks as of late Sept 2014

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The GALLIUM68 PSMA PET/CT is also available in Brisbane at the Wesley (Wesley Medical Imaging), but not covered by medicare so cost is $600.00. My information is that it performs best if PSA is greater than 5.0.

Royal Brisbane also has a gallium generator, but can only be accessed by those who qualify for medical trials. (what those trials are I don't know.)

The PA hospital is commencing a trial for staging localised men at diagnoses.

Also Qld Xray is intending to offer the gallium scan at the Mater private hospital in the near future

 

 

[geoffb has now had a GALLIUM68 PSMA PET/CT and talks about his results in this post ]

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Think my med oncol mentioned PSMA PET being avail in Sydney.

Will check with him at my next appt mid Nov.

 

Tony M

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