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Is hormone therapy necessary with radiation?

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Can doctors use MRI scans or 'bone scans' to detect non-PSMA producing prostate cancer? If they suspect that is the case?

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Jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | Jun 8 11:23am

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They can use bone scans, though they tend to be not real great at finding cancer Compared to a PSMA PET scan. Of course that doesn’t help if you don’t produce PSMA.

Many doctors use repeated CT scans comparing one to the next to see if there’s any changes that look like they could be cancer. Because that kind of scan can be done every three months with insurance some doctors use it a lot. The MRI scan is a lot harder to justify, but if used the same way, it could be just as effective, Or maybe even more effective..

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