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Many years since radical prostectomy: PSA values rising
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@jeffmarc Aren't their other scan types available if the PSMA doesn't find it?
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The Axumin and Choline scans Can sometime find prostate cancer. The PSMA PET scan is the industry standard Because it can specifically find PSMA In the body, which is produced by prostate cancer, though other parts of the body produce it as well.
The FDG PET scan is not designed for finding prostate cancer because it looks for glucose. That is consumed by neuroendocrine prostate cancer so that test can be used for those advanced cases.