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ʻO Choline C-11 he mea hana kiʻi radioactive kūikawā i hoʻohana ʻia i nā scans PET e kōkua i nā kauka e ʻike i ka maʻi kanesa prostate i hoʻi mai ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. Aia i loko o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kahi mea liʻiliʻi o ka carbon-11 radioactive i hoʻopili ʻia i ka choline, kahi mea e komo koke ai nā cell cancer.
Inā ua ʻōlelo kāu kauka i kēia scan, ke noʻonoʻo nei paha ʻoe i ka mea e manaʻo ai a inā he palekana. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ua aʻo pono ʻia ʻo Choline C-11 a hāʻawi i ka ʻike waiwai e hiki ke alakaʻi i kāu mau hoʻoholo lapaʻau me ka pilikia liʻiliʻi.
ʻO Choline C-11 kahi mea huli radioactive e kōkua i nā kauka e ʻike i nā cell cancer prostate i ka wā o ka scan PET. Hoʻohui ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka choline, kahi mea maoli e pono ai kou kino, me ka carbon-11, kahi mea radioactive e hoʻopuka ana i nā hōʻailona i ʻike ʻia e nā kamera kūikawā.
He makemake nui ka poʻe cancer i ka choline no ka mea e hoʻohana lākou ia mea e kūkulu i kā lākou mau membrane cell i ka wā e ulu a hoʻonui ai. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻo Choline C-11 ma o ka IV, hele ia ma kou kahe koko a hōʻiliʻili i nā wahi kahi e hana ai nā cell cancer.
He pōkole loa ka hapalua o ka carbon-11 radioactive ma kahi o 20 mau minuke, ʻo ia hoʻi, e wāwahi koke ia a haʻalele i kou kino i loko o kekahi mau hola. ʻOi aku ka palekana ma mua o nā mea radioactive lōʻihi.
Hoʻohana kūikawā ʻia ʻo Choline C-11 e ʻike i ka maʻi kanesa prostate hou i nā kāne i mālama mua ʻia no ka maʻi. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i kēia scan inā e piʻi hou ana kāu pae PSA ma hope o ke ʻoki ʻana, ka radiation, a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Kōkua kēia hoʻāʻo kiʻi i nā kauka e hoʻoholo inā ua hoʻi ka maʻi kanesa i ka wahi prostate, ua laha i nā lymph nodes kokoke, a i ʻole ua neʻe i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino e like me nā iwi. He mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia ʻike no ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kāu mau hana lapaʻau e hiki mai ana.
He mea kōkua nui ka scan i ka wā ʻaʻole i hāʻawi nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi ʻē aʻe e like me nā scans CT a i ʻole MRIs i nā pane maopopo e pili ana i kahi e loaʻa ai ka maʻi kanesa. Hiki iā ia ke ʻike i ka hoʻi hou ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa ma mua o nā ʻano kiʻi ʻē aʻe.
Hana ʻo Choline C-11 ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pono nui o nā cell cancer no ka choline i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā cell olakino. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kou kahe koko, hele ka choline radioactive ma kou kino a komo maʻalahi ʻia e nā cell cancer e puʻunaue wikiwiki ana.
Hoʻopuka ka radioactive carbon-11 i nā positrons, i ʻike ʻia e ka scanner PET e hana i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o kahi i hōʻiliʻili ai ka tracer. ʻO nā wahi me nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o Choline C-11 e ʻike ʻia he ʻōlinolino ma ka scan, e hōʻike ana i ka hana maʻi kanesa.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he mea kiʻi kiʻi maʻalahi, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki iā ia ke ʻike i ka maʻi kanesa i nā hihia he nui akā ʻaʻole paha e hopu i kēlā me kēia maʻi liʻiliʻi. Aia ka pono i nā mea e like me ka nui a me kahi o nā cell cancer a me kou kemika kino ponoʻī.
ʻAʻole ʻoe e
Hāʻawi ʻia ka Choline C-11 hoʻokahi wale nō i kēlā me kēia kau scan, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he lapaʻau mau. E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi injection hoʻokahi, a ʻo ke kaʻina hana holoʻokoʻa me ka scan e lawe ma kahi o 2-3 mau hola mai ka hoʻomaka a hiki i ka hopena.
Hāʻule wikiwiki ka carbon-11 radioactive, a ua hala ka hapa nui mai kou kino i loko o 2-3 mau hola ma hope o ka injection. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou aʻe a i ʻole e hahai i nā kaʻina hana kūikawā e wehe iā ia mai kou ʻōnaehana.
Inā pono kāu kauka e hana hou i ka scan i ka wā e hiki mai ana e nānā i kou kūlana, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi injection hoʻokahi hou i kēlā manawa. Aia ka manawa ma waena o nā scans i kāu kūlana olakino pilikino a me ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka injection Choline C-11. He liʻiliʻi loa ka nui o nā mea radioactive, a he kakaikahi loa nā hopena koʻikoʻi i nā palapala lapaʻau.
Ke hana ʻia nā hopena ʻaoʻao, he maʻalahi lākou a hiki ke komo:
Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kēia mau hopena liʻiliʻi i loko o nā minuke a i nā hola me ka ʻole o ka pono o ka lapaʻau.
ʻOiai he mea maʻamau loa, hiki i kekahi mau mea kakaikahi akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi ke komo i nā hopena maʻi me nā hōʻailona e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana, a i ʻole ka ʻulaʻula nui. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e hāʻawi nā limahana lapaʻau i ka lapaʻau koke.
He kakaikahi loa nā kānaka ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa palekana iā Choline C-11, akā aia kekahi mau mea nui e nānā kāu hui lapaʻau me ʻoe ma mua o ke kaʻina hana.
Pono ʻoe e haʻi i kāu kauka inā he maʻi kīkī koʻikoʻi kou, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ka wikiwiki o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka mea huli i kou kino. Pono paha nā kānaka me ka maʻi diabetes ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia i ka hoʻomākaukau kūikawā e hōʻoia i nā hopena scan pololei.
Inā ʻoe he claustrophobic a i ʻole he pilikia i ka moe ʻana no nā manawa lōʻihi, e haʻi i kāu hui mālama ola. ʻOiai ʻaʻole kēia e pale iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka scan, hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ke kākoʻo ʻē aʻe e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana.
ʻAʻole pono nā wahine hāpai e loaʻa iā Choline C-11 ma muli o nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa i ka pēpē e ulu ana. Inā ʻoe e hānai ana, e kūkākūkā kāu kauka inā pono ʻoe e hoʻōki i ka hānai ʻana ma hope o ka scan.
ʻIke nui ʻia ʻo Choline C-11 e kona inoa maʻamau, ʻoiai e ʻōlelo ʻia e nā inoa ʻenehana like ʻole ma nā kikowaena kiʻi like ʻole. Hiki i kekahi mau keʻena ke hoʻohana i nā inoa e like me
ʻO nā mea ʻimi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka PSMA e like me Ga-68 PSMA-11 a i ʻole F-18 DCFPyL he mau koho hou e kuhikuhi ana i kahi protein kikoʻī i loaʻa ma ka hapa nui o nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi prostate. He ʻoi aku ka naʻau o kēia mau mea ma mua o ka Choline C-11 no ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahi liʻiliʻi o ka maʻi maʻi e hoʻi hou ana.
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i nā mea e like me kāu mau pae PSA, nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hala, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wahi i ke koho ʻana i ka mea ʻimi maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
Hāʻawi ʻo Choline C-11 i nā mea maikaʻi ma luna o nā kiʻi maʻamau e like me nā scans CT a i ʻole nā scans iwi, ʻoi loa no ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻi hou ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi ke piʻi nei nā pae PSA akā ʻike ʻia nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe he maʻamau. Hiki iā ia ke ʻike i ka hana maʻi maʻi ma mua a me ka pololei ma mua o nā ʻano kuʻuna.
I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana me nā mea ʻimi hou i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka PSMA, ua like ka maikaʻi o ka Choline C-11 akā ʻaʻole paha i ʻoi aku ka naʻau no nā ʻōpū liʻiliʻi loa a i ʻole nā wahi kikoʻī. Eia naʻe, he moʻolelo lōʻihi kona o ka hoʻohana ʻana a me ka noiʻi nui e kākoʻo ana i kona pololei.
Aia ka
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka nui o ka Choline C-11 ma muli o ka helu pono ʻia ʻana o ka lāʻau a hoʻomākaukau ʻia e nā poʻe loea i aʻo ʻia. He mau hana koʻikoʻi ko ke kikowaena kiʻi e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka nui kūpono.
Inā hāʻawi ʻia ka nui, ʻo ka hopohopo nui ʻo ia ka hōʻike ʻana i ka radiation pono ʻole ma mua o nā hopena ʻona koke. E nānā pono ke kime lapaʻau iā ʻoe a hiki ke ʻōlelo aku e inu i nā wai hou e kōkua i ka holoi ʻana i ka mea huli mai kou kino me ka wikiwiki.
Inā e hala ʻoe i kāu manawa scan i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho hou no kekahi lā ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kahi lāʻau i hala no ka mea ua hana hou ʻia ʻo Choline C-11 no kēlā me kēia kau scan.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kikowaena kiʻi i ka wā hiki loa e hoʻonohonoho hou. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokipa iā ʻoe i loko o kekahi mau lā, ma muli o kā lākou papa manawa a me kāu mau pono olakino. Mai hopohopo e pili ana i nā hopena olakino mai ka lohi, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ia e pili i kou olakino a i ʻole nā koho lapaʻau.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi i kāu mau hana maʻamau ma hope koke o ka pau ʻana o kāu scan. Holoi ʻia ka nui liʻiliʻi o ka radioactivity mai kou kino i loko o kekahi mau hola, a ʻaʻohe hopena mau e kaupalena i kāu hana i kēlā me kēia lā.
No nā hola mua ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana, makemake paha ʻoe e kaupalena i ka pilina pili me nā wahine hāpai a me nā keiki ʻōpio ma ke ʻano he mālama, ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi loa ka pilikia. E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola i ke alakaʻi kikoʻī e pili ana i kou kūlana home.
He ʻokoʻa ka uhi ʻinikua no nā scan Choline C-11 PET e ka mea hoʻolako a me ke kulekele kikoʻī. Nui nā hoʻolālā ʻinikua e uhi i kēia scan ke pono ia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa prostate hou, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hāʻawi nā kiʻi ʻē aʻe i nā pane maopopo.
Hiki i ke keʻena o kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i kāu ʻinikua a loaʻa nā ʻae mua e pono ai. Inā hōʻole ʻia ka ʻinikua, aia paha nā kaʻina hana hoʻopiʻi i loaʻa, a hāʻawi kekahi mau kikowaena kiʻi i nā hoʻolālā uku a i ʻole nā papahana kōkua kālā e kōkua i nā kumukūʻai.
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