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the pandemic has derailed tests and treatments for prostate cancer, the most common form of cancer among canadian men, but a new technology may help hospitals scan for the disease.
one in seven men in canada will develop it in their lifetime, according to the canadian cancer society; on average, 64 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every day and 11 men will die from it.
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conroy says that an in-house solution is needed as the pandemic has led to delivery challenges; isotopes are generally shipped via aircraft, which are currently flying much less. “ this will make [gallium-68] locally,” he says of the technology.
the canadian cancer society recommends men get tested for prostate cancer if they have any of the following symptoms. it also recommends men aged 50 and older — or those who are at high risk of prostate cancer — get a prostate-specific antigen (psa) test, a blood test that can determine if a man’s psa levels are higher than they should be. a high psa level may indicate the presence of prostate cancer.
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