New Radiotracer Can Identify Nearly 30 Types of Cancer • Hacker News Board

Re: New Radiotracer Can Identify Nearly 30 Types of Cancer

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Post by jerzone » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 11:31 AM UTC

Randypea wrote: post #4

I was diagnosed with NET cancer recently and my doctor incorrectly ordered the older radiotracer scan. It only showed 1/2 of my tumors, missing the most important primary tumor. This newer scan/radiotracer showed double the number of tumors including the most important step of finding the primary. I will soon have cytoreduction surgery to remove the tumors. Unless you have other biomarkers showing cancer, the issue f…

I've had a couple NETSPOT (w/gallium68 dotate) scans this year after surgery in January to remove mass revealed it was a NET. Would be interested in chatting about it. I haven't requested the images yet, but it sounds interesting.

Re: New Radiotracer Can Identify Nearly 30 Types of Cancer

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Post by sershe » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 12:49 PM UTC

nkrumm wrote: post #18

legohead wrote: post #5

Anyone have any experience getting tested for cancer when marked as "healthy"? I contacted my PCP and some other random places asking to get a cancer screening and nobody would give me the time of day - "that's not done". At most they said they would do a blood test which checks for a couple types of cancer. I asked if I could get a CT and have a professional go over it. nope. But something like this tracer is what I…

MD here. It's "not done" because it could hurt you. Here's the Bayesian argument: - Let's assume a lab test (or imaging test) has a 1% false positive rate and 100% sensitivity (that would be pretty good for many tests and imaging modalities!). - The cancer you screening for has a 1% incidence as well (low-ish, for the sake of argument). - Therefore the chance that a "positive" scan would be due to a false positive or…

Would re-screening everyone positive N weeks after the first positive, and then re-screening the new positives again N weeks later, alleviate this (absent other symptoms)?

I'm assuming here a growing cancer is easier to detect over time.

Re: New Radiotracer Can Identify Nearly 30 Types of Cancer

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Post by Randypea » Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 2:31 PM UTC

jerzone wrote: post #71

Randypea wrote: post #4

I was diagnosed with NET cancer recently and my doctor incorrectly ordered the older radiotracer scan. It only showed 1/2 of my tumors, missing the most important primary tumor. This newer scan/radiotracer showed double the number of tumors including the most important step of finding the primary. I will soon have cytoreduction surgery to remove the tumors. Unless you have other biomarkers showing cancer, the issue f…

I've had a couple NETSPOT (w/gallium68 dotate) scans this year after surgery in January to remove mass revealed it was a NET. Would be interested in chatting about it. I haven't requested the images yet, but it sounds interesting.

Yes let's chat!!! Send email to randypea at gmai!.c0M

Re: New Radiotracer Can Identify Nearly 30 Types of Cancer

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Post by jerzone » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 4:34 PM UTC

Randypea wrote: post #73

jerzone wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had a couple NETSPOT (w/gallium68 dotate) scans this year after surgery in January to remove mass revealed it was a NET. Would be interested in chatting about it. I haven't requested the images yet, but it sounds interesting.

Yes let's chat!!! Send email to randypea at gmai!.c0M

Ok, mail sent.