PRRTInfo.org - A Resource for Patients Considering PRRT Treatment.
- 1. Prior Tests
- (Category)
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 2. In Clinic Tests
- (Category)
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. Scans and Tests at the Zentralklinik
- (In Clinic Tests)
- There are a number of tests and scans that a patient can be asked to undergo as part of their evaluation for receiving PRRT. The exact order in which the patient takes these tests or scans may depend upon ...
- Created on 20 January 2011
- 4. J. Reynolds - PRRT Bad Berka
- (Bad Berka)
- ... paperwork to complete and likely labs to be drawn to include nose, mouth and rear end swabs for testing. The swabs are to check for antibiotic resistant bacteria and you get to do your own rear end swab. ...
- Created on 01 March 2017
- 5. FLUSH POOP PRRT - Patient Story - Basel
- (Patient Stories)
- ... didn’t show up on the Octreoscan or the Gallium 68, and therefore I did not have receptors/uptake. I learned through ACOR (what would we do without ACOR?!) that Dr. O’Dorisio’s team tested tumor tissue ...
- Created on 19 April 2016
- 6. Update to a Solider Story
- (Bad Berka)
- ... Dan sought medical advice at Ft. Leonard Wood. Upper and lower GI tests performed at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach led his Ft. Leonard Wood physician to diagnose him with esophagitis gastritis. ...
- Created on 26 February 2014
- 7. Becca H
- (Rotterdam)
- ... cancer at this time, at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. Your doctor has provided the nuclear physicians at Erasmus with your pertinent medical records, scans, and test results and you’ve been approved for treatments. ...
- Created on 26 February 2014
- 8. First World Congress of Ga-68 and PRRNT - an Overwhelming Success
- (Conferences)
- ... one test and treating with another method that may not be able to reach the target. How important ? In several studies the availability of GA68 imaging changed the course of treatment for NETs patients ...
- Created on 08 September 2011
- 9. CCAN NET Cancer Patients Conference Long Island
- (Past Conferences )
- CCAN's annual conference was held in Long Island, New York on August 20th 2011. The theme of the day long conference was "Multidisciplinary Approach to the Diagnosis Treatment and Monitoring of NETs." ...
- Created on 20 August 2011
- 10. Roger J.
- (Bad Berka)
- ... my room prior to the testing of my body began. We had traveled two days to arrive in an unfamiliar small town in eastern Germany. Most of the town folk spoke no English and looked at us with an odd stare ...
- Created on 13 June 2011
- 11. Road to Basel - Terry Y.
- (Basel)
- ... wife Sherrie have written an excellent record of their experiences during PRRT in Basel. Please go to www.roadtobasel.com and read Michael's latest description first. What I have done here is to just add ...
- Created on 12 June 2011
- 12. A Soldier's Stor
- (Bad Berka)
- ... Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. My new doctor there ordered several tests for me including the Octreotide scan, CT scan, and blood tests. My tumors were confirmed as Carcinoid with high ...
- Created on 31 May 2011
- 13. Jim M.
- (Bad Berka)
- ... to be ineffective against Neuroendocrine Cancer. I knew the PRRT treatment at Bad Berka in Germany was one of the most expensive options, but I was intent on learning the reason. After sending my latest ...
- Created on 22 April 2011
- 14. Flora
- (Bad Berka)
- ... and diagnostic procedures, blood tests, and scans showed that the cancer was growing, not slowly, but rapidly. Researching PRRT Flora's Stanford doctor invited her to join his chemotherapy trials using ...
- Created on 18 April 2011
- 15. John M.
- (Bad Berka)
- ... and asked if he would see me and that is how my journey back to health occurred. In January, 2010 I visited Dr Baum at his clinic in Bad Berka, Germany. The first few days I was tested extensively in ...
- Created on 17 April 2011
- 16. At the Clinic in Pictures
- (At the Clinic)
- ... wait. See the section called Tests and Scans at the Zentralklinik for information about this area. From the waiting area outside of the PET/CT facility you can look down on the lobby area of this ...
- Created on 13 April 2011
- 17. 1st World Congress on Ga-68 and Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy
- (In the News)
- ... Industry Exhibition, where they will present the latest technological developments in generator technology and Ga-68 modules, devices and labelling strategies. Post Congress, from June 27 to June ...
- Created on 07 April 2011
- 18. Elizabeth W.
- (Bad Berka)
- ... day was full of tests... an ultrasound of my liver and a separate one of my heart, a renal scan to determine my kidney function and, after a long wait, a Gallium 68 scan. What I discovered about my diabetes ...
- Created on 22 March 2011
- 19. What are the Risk and Side Effects of PRRT
- (PRRT)
- What are the Risks? As with most, if not all, of the treatment options open to neuroendocrine tumor patients, there are risks associated with using PRRT to treat metastasized tumors. The greatest risks ...
- Created on 16 March 2011
- 20. Restaging / Follow on Treatment
- (Visit Overview)
- ... was done. Usually the first test is the renal/kidney test. This is followed by the 68-Gallium PET/CT scan and any other tests that the doctors believe are important to evaluating the patient. The type ...
- Created on 15 February 2011