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Prostate cancer occurs in the prostate, it
is one of the most common types of cancer in men. Common symptoms are painful urination, decreased force in the stream of urine, blood in semen, pelvic pain and erectile dysfunction.
An easy to produce prostate cancer tracer, a substance vital for the discovery of cancers, has been developed, it is called 68 Ga-THP-PSMA, the new tracer, which was developed with support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research.
Tracers are radioactive dyes that are introduced, by injection or in liquid form, into a patient’s body before they have a positron emission tomography PET scan. As the tracer works its way around the body, organs and tissues affected by diseases such as cancer may absorb a higher or lower amount of the tracer than healthy tissues.
The level of absorption can be detected by the scan and help specialists to detect the disease. The tracer can give more patients access to potentially lifesaving scans by producing result quickly and leads to early treatment of the cancer.
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