PSMA Scans & Pluvicto (lutetium-177) in 2022 | Geoffrey Johnson, MD, PhD | PCRI Conference 2022

Geoffrey Johnson, MD, Ph.D., is a radiologist specializing in nuclear medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Here, he discusses PET/CT scans and new "theranostics" treatments for prostate cancer, including the newly approved "Pluvicto" (lutetium-177). Theranostics is a combination of "therapy" and "diagnostics". It refers to the fact that the same radiotracer used for the PET scan ("PSMA" in the case of Pluvicto) is used to guide injectible radioactive particles to the sites of disease. View Dr. Johnson's faculty page here: https://www.mayoclinic.org/biographie...

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Watch Day 1 of the 2022 September Conference here:    • Day 1 | PSMA PET, Active Surveillance...  
Day 1 features the following lectures & Q&A sessions:
"PSMA PET, Theranostics, SPECT, and the Road Ahead in Prostate Cancer" by Geoffrey Johnson, MD, Ph.D
"Improving Quality of Life: ED, Incontinence, and More" by Jeffrey Brady, MD, FACS
"Active Surveillance Update 2022" by Laurence Klotz, CM, MD

Watch Day 2 of the 2022 September Conference here:    • Day 2 | Advanced Treatments, LU-177, ...  
Day 2 features the following lectures and Q&A sessions:
"2022 Hot Topics in Advanced Prostate Cancer" by Evan Yu, MD
"DIY Combat Manual for Beating Prostate Cancer" by Eugene Kwon, MD
"Conference Wrap Up" with Mark Moyad, MD, MPH, and Mark Scholz, MD


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