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Does Mayo do PSMA pet scans, and offer proton beam radiation?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 3, 2023 | Replies (16)
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@jamesharrison

Yes, Mayo Rochester does indeed do PSMA-PET scans. Be aware, though—I don’t believe they give you those as long as your cancer is localized and has not become extra capsular (gone outside the prostate gland). I’d invite Colleen, the moderator, to correct me if need be ….. but that is my understanding.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Nov 28, 2023

@jamesharrison, you are correct.

PSMA-PET scans are used
- for patients with suspected metastasis (spread outside the prostate),
- for patients with suspected recurrence (cancer that may have returned) based on an increased serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, and
- for selection in patients with metastatic prostate cancer, for whom lutetium Lu 177 PSMA-directed treatment is used.

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