Axumin Scan

[Chris52981]

Has anyone else had and Axumin Scan and if so how was it ? Also is it very sensitive to low PSA?

[Tall_Allen]

It has pretty good sensitivity at low PSA - better than Choline, for example. Not as good as others. It detected cancer in 38% of men who had PSAs between 0.2 and 1.0. Unlike experimental PET scans, it is FDA-approved in recurrent men and is widely available

prostatecancer.news/2016/12...

[Chris52981 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Is this like MRI and CT scan where it shows other non cancer things? I know you said it’s specific to prostate cancer but wasn’t sure if it shows cyst or nodules etc. like looks at organs and such

[Tall_Allen in reply to Chris52981]

That's what "specific to prostate cancer" means.

[Chris52981 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Is this a CT scan along with Petscan or just a petscan by itself I’m confused on what is what exactly

[Tall_Allen in reply to Chris52981]

PET scans and CT's are usually done at the same time in the same device.

[Chris52981 in reply to Tall_Allen]

So is the CT scan done on the whole

Body

[Tall_Allen in reply to Chris52981]

Yes. Most of it.

[Chris52981 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Now if they find the source and they radiate it or treat it - is it still able to be cured - or after one biochemical reoccurrence does that mean there is no chance of cure. Thank you

[Tall_Allen in reply to Chris52981]

It depends where they find it. If it has not metastasized, it can be potentially cured.

[tango65]

If you have a PSA less than 2 and you are looking for new PC metastases it would be better to get a PSMA PET/CT which have a better detection rate at low PSA than the Axumin scan.

There are clinical trials for these studies:

clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/resu...

clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/resu...

If you are looking for other lesions in different organs (cyst or nodules) and to study the evolution of PC known metastases you could discuss having a 3T whole body MRI. I believe this type of MRI could be covered by insurance.

medicare.org/articles/does-...

[DutchAppleBlossom]

My husband had Axumin scan in June. At the time his PSA was 0.71. It showed that the cancer had returned in his lymph nodes , external iluac, inguinal and para aortic. Also back in prostate. Hope this helps.

[alephnull]

I had an Axumin scan, it showed a met on L3 and a possible lymph node. Onco had me get an MRI which came back negative. So, he said the Axumin was a false negative.

[Olivia007]

My dad had it done it was very quick about 10 mins but I don’t mean to be a bearer of bad news the hospital discontinued using the test i asked why they wouldn’t say I thought it was supposed to be better than a CT scan or MRI but no one would give me an answer as to why the hospital stopped using it ?

[Chris52981 in reply to Olivia007]

How did ur dad do

[Olivia007 in reply to Chris52981]

He did well it was quick and painless he had it done in 2019 he’s 82 so it went well he didn’t complain I hope that helps Good Luck