← Return to How many PSMA/PET scans Medicare will cover, in a year?
DiscussionHow many PSMA/PET scans Medicare will cover, in a year?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 30 3:34pm | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
Replies to "That seems like overkill. Not to mention consuming that not so healthy radiated glucose concoction every..."
As you may have noticed @lag Has the same three month testing.
I can’t say for the case that @lag has but The person I was talking about, had an advanced case in the past, and they were worried about it accelerating in growth.
I guess if you were in that situation taking the Concoction would be easier than Having it spread without notice.
It doesn't seem appropriate to call it overkill if the patient's doctor believes it is necessary to provide good care to him. As I have said before, my husband has had PSMA PET scans every three months since before he began Pluvicto, during Pluvicto infusions, and has continued with them every three months since finishing Pluvicto in August 2024. An interim C-11 Choline PET has sometimes been added in between, to catch active cancer cells that don't express PSMA. Doctors differ in how often they want to monitor a patient's cancer, and patients differ in that they have cancers requiring monitoring more or less often. I suspect true overkill is pretty rare.
Hi chippie, I hope your well. I just want it covered at least every 6-months.