Axumin Pet Scan results

skelly31 Member Posts: 13 Member

March 2022 in Prostate Cancer #1

What does this scan tell us? I think it tells if prostate cancer has spread. Does it give any indication of the aggressiveness of the cancer cells? Does it give a Gleason type score?

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  Old Salt Member Posts: 1,530 Member

  March 2022 #2

  Yes, the scan will show major spread; not micrometastases.

  You can (pretty safely) assume that the cancer is aggressive because it has spread.

  No, scan results won't give a Gleason score as such. Those are obtained from a biopsy.

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