New Technology that Pinpoints Prostate Cancer Will Transform Care
Article from Memorial Sloan Kettering...
"A new diagnostic tool allows doctors to see whether prostate cancer cells are still in the prostate or have spread elsewhere. This is a major advance in disease detection that will benefit people across the spectrum of prostate cancer."
"This form of imaging uses a radiotracer, a radioactive targeting molecule that selectively seeks out and attaches to a protein on the surface of cancer cells. That protein, called prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), is not found on most normal cells. When the radiotracer binds to the prostate cancer cells, they can be detected using a PET scanner. On the PET scan, the cancer cells appear as bright spots."
Here's the full article
https://www.mskcc.org/news/new-technology-pinpoints-prostate-cancer-will-transform-care?utm_source=msknow-04-19-21&utm_medium=email&utm_content=prostatecancer&utm_type=medicaladvancements