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PSMA PET Scans...some interesting info

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 28 4:54am | Replies (67)

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It must be a real dilemma for doctors when a new technology like PSMA-PET emerges.

On the one hand, they don't want to miss a chance to help their patients in a way they couldn't before. On the other hand, they don't really fully understand the new technology yet, and especially not its long-term impacts.

Oncologists are humans like everyone else, and in the end, they're going to make intuitive decisions until there's a big enough body of research to let them make purely evidence-based ones.

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@northoftheborder And on the third hand, they don't want to miss an opportunity to cash in and buy their own machine which mine did. That really muddies the objectivity water of which scan to use. The article stated there was no phase 3 study comparing survival rates performed which I find very interesting. Sometimes I feel it is better to not read these articles but southoftheborder we now have to advocate or many of our needs won't be met. Doctor's financial needs come first these days. Such is life. I will celebrate my so far successful BCR treatment and live my fullest life until one week jiggy time comes before my next PSA. Hope you are doing well.