Say hello to Dr. Michael Benjamin, an oncologist from the blogging community from InteractMD.com who practices in southern California. Today we have his take on all the warnings coming out relative to treatments for prostate cancer. He’s been a long time reader and follower...
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The City of Hope is reporting that many scans are sometimes delayed for weeks due to the shortage and the closing of the 2 plants. With lack of imaging the doctors state that some individuals are undergoing surgery for cancer that could have been a procedure done with isotopes instead, i.e. seeding...
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The reactor shut down in the Netherlands on Saturday for annual maintenance so we are down to 3 plants in the world that produce isotopes. Plants in Australia and South Africa will be picking up the slack to meet supply demands. Nuclear medicine is already seeing shortages in the US and Canada...
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Nuclear medicine is feeling the crunch at USC Medical Center where other methods for testing are being explored even though they are more costly. Tests for cancer to see if it has spread to the bones are put on hold. PET scans can be used, but are not covered by Medicare for some procedures...
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If you are not aware of the isotope nuclear plant closure, read the related reading below as there may end up being some long waits for some nuclear cancer treatments due to the closure. Now, back to the story here, this is strange as to why it was called “sexy”. If you are going to record a conversation...
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No doubt there will be shortages if the reactor in Canada ends up being down for 8 months potentially. It appears that France, Argentina and Belgium will be holding up the show with production as there are only 5 facilities in the world who manufacture the product. If you are being...
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The United States does not produce isotopes so the alternatives are the Netherlands, Belgium, France and South Africa. there are only 5 plants in the world that produce isotopes. As Mo-99 generators have a half life of just 66 hours, supply disruptions occur quickly. Hospitals not getting...
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The facility was shut down last Thursday after a power outage. What this means to patients and hospitals are delays, depending on how long the plant is down. We don’t produce any isotopes here in the US, but certainly use a lot of them with nuclear surgery, seeding procedures to target tissue...
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Last year when the facility shut down in Canada shutdown about 50,000 medical tests and procedures were canceled. This week Petten reactor in The Netherlands went down with technical problems. There are only 5 major facilities in the world that product Isotopes. A reactor in Belgium...