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Subject: ProstaScint scan
Date: 07/13/2008

Has anybody out there had any experience with having a ProstaScint scan done. My urologist wants me to have one since my PSA has begun very slightly to rise after 12 years. (from <0.1 to .16)

I had a prostatectomy in 1996 with a positive margin, no other invasions. I have read that the scan is not very easy to read and has a high rate of false positives and negatives.  I think this scan is mainly used for prostate cancers.

 

Nick

Subject: RE: ProstaScint scan
Date: 07/13/2008

I have advanced prostate cancer( my prostate was removed in '07 but I still have a PSA and it is rising.

 I have had a ProstScint scan done here at the SFOVAMC. It was a clinical trial.

 I am enrolled in a Prostate cancer clinical trial at NIH in Bethesdas, MD. (NIC 2007-C-0188). It is still enrolling for those who have read the ACS's article about doing clinical trials EARLY in their cancer treatment. How else does anyone expect to find a cure if we who currently have the disease fail to help find that cure?BTW:NIH -pays patients who must travel to their campus.

NIH refused to read the film because they said there were too many false + and - results. I wish they would attach a cytotoxic agent to the murine antibody they are using to light up the cancer. Try calling or googling the company that makes the ProtoScint product and get their take on this.

 

Subject: RE: ProstaScint scan
Date: 07/15/2008
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, you are right about the clinical trials.  I would have liked  to try a trial but I'm quite a distance and not able to travel at this time. What was your reading of the scan + or - ???
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