At AnCan, we love our veterans of any branch, and we sincerely thank you for your service. Our AnCan “Vet-In-Chief” Marine Captain Joe Gallo recently learnt about a clinical trial at the West Los Angeles VA that offers 18F-DCFPyl PSMA scanning for any Vet whatever their diagnosis. Mike Crosby, CEO of Veterans Prostate Cancer Awareness together with ZERO are working to find transportation subsidies. It is open and available to any veteran at no cost!
What is PSMA-PET imaging? It has emerged as a new frontier in prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment.
The key advantage to PSMA-PET imaging is the fact that it’s a lot more sensitive than standard imaging. It picks up lymph nodes, visceral metastases, bone metastases, and does it at a very low PSA level
PSMA is a membrane-bound protein that’s highly expressed in 90% of prostate cancer.
This is the first anniversary of a second study. Close to 200 Veterans have been enrolled and benefitted from PSMA imaging at West Los Angeles VA medical center. The first study also enrolled over 160 subjects with newly diagnosed prostate cancer from all around the country.
Read more about this study: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04390880
For more information, please reach out to Joe at joeg (at) ancan.org