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He mea hana kiʻi kūikawā ʻo Piflufolastat F-18 i hoʻohana ʻia e kōkua i nā kauka e ʻike maopopo i nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi prostate i ka wā o nā scans PET. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ke kukui uila i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, e hōʻike ana i nā wahi kahi e hūnā ai ka maʻi maʻi prostate i loko o kou kino i hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau ke hana i nā hoʻoholo lapaʻau maikaʻi aʻe no ʻoe.
He mea hana radioactive ʻo Piflufolastat F-18 e hoʻokomo ai nā kauka i loko o kou kahe koko ma mua o ka scan PET. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he waihoʻoluʻu kūikawā e ʻimi nei i nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi prostate, e hoʻomālamalama ana iā lākou ma ka scan kiʻi.
Aia i loko o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kahi liʻiliʻi o ka fluorine-18 radioactive i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi molekala e hoʻopaʻa ana i ka antigen membrane prostate-specific (PSMA). He protein ʻo PSMA e ʻike ʻia i nā mea nui aʻe ma nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi prostate i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā pūnaewele olakino.
He nāwaliwali a palekana ka ʻāpana radioactive o ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hāʻawi ia i ka hōʻailona lawa no ka mea ʻike PET e ʻike ai, ʻoiai e wāwahi ana i ke kino i loko o nā hola.
Hoʻohana nā kauka i ka Piflufolastat F-18 e ʻimi i ka maʻi maʻi prostate i laha ma waho o ka ʻōpū prostate. Kōkua kēia hoʻokolohua kiʻi i kāu hui lapaʻau e ʻike pololei i kahi e hūnā ai nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi i loko o kou kino.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia scan inā e piʻi ana kāu pae PSA ma hope o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi prostate, e hōʻike ana ua hoʻi mai paha ka maʻi maʻi. Hiki i ka scan ke ʻike i ka maʻi maʻi i nā lymph nodes, nā iwi, a i ʻole nā ʻōkana ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma nā scans CT a i ʻole MRI maʻamau.
He mea kōkua nui kēia hoʻāʻo ʻana no nā kāne me ka maʻi maʻi prostate e noʻonoʻo ana i nā koho lapaʻau hou. Kōkua nā kiʻi kikoʻī i nā kauka e hoʻolālā i ke ala kūpono loa no kāu kūlana.
Hana ʻo Piflufolastat F-18 ma ka pahuhopu ʻana i kahi protein kikoʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo PSMA i hana ʻia e nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi prostate i nā mea nui. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kou kahe koko, hele ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kou kino a pili i kēia mau pūnaewele maʻi.
Hoʻouna ka ʻāpana fluorine-18 radioactive o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā hōʻailona hiki i ka mea nānā PET ke ʻike. Hōʻike kēia mau hōʻailona ma ke ʻano he mau kiko mālamalama ma nā kiʻi scan, e hōʻike ana i kāu kauka i kahi e loaʻa ai nā pūnaewele maʻi prostate.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he mea hana kiʻi ikaika, ʻo ia hoʻi, hāʻawi ia i nā kiʻi maopopo a kikoʻī. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kiʻekiʻe i nā pūnaewele maʻi ma waena o 60 a 120 mau minuke ma hope o ka injection.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai a inu maʻamau ma mua o kāu scan, no ka mea, ʻaʻole pili ka meaʻai i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka noho ʻana i ka wai maikaʻi ma ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui e kōkua i kou mau puʻupaʻa e hana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Wehe i nā mea metala e like me nā mea nani, nā kāʻei, a i ʻole nā lole me nā zippers metala ma mua o ka scan. E hāʻawi kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe i ka ʻaʻahu haukapila e ʻaʻahu ai i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana.
E hōʻea i kāu manawa ma ka manawa, no ka mea, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no kāu manawa scan i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. He pōkole ka hapalua o ka radioactive tracer, ʻo ia hoʻi, nalowale kona pono inā ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻia i ka wā i hoʻolālā ʻia.
ʻO ka hana holoʻokoʻa e lawe maʻamau i 2 a 3 mau hola mai ka hoʻomaka a hiki i ka hopena. ʻO ka mea mua, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka injection, a laila e kali ma kahi o 60 a 120 mau minuke no ka lāʻau lapaʻau e holo a paʻa i nā pūnaewele maʻi.
ʻO ka scan PET maoli e lawe ma kahi o 20 a 30 mau minuke, i ka wā e moe mālie ai ʻoe ma luna o kahi papa e neʻe ana ma ka scanner. ʻO ka manawa kali e hiki ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kiʻekiʻe i kāu mau ʻiʻo no ke kiʻi maikaʻi.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea radioactive e haʻalele maoli i kou kino ma o ka mimi i loko o 24 mau hola. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i kāu mau hana maʻamau ma hope koke o ka scan, akā makemake paha ʻoe e inu i ka wai hou e kōkua i ka holoi ʻana i ka lāʻau.
ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai Piflufolastat F-18, no ka mea, ua ʻae maikaʻi ʻia. He liʻiliʻi ka nui o nā mea radioactive i hoʻohana ʻia a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e palekana no ke kiʻi ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau i hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike, ʻoiai e pili ana lākou i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 1 i ka 100 mau maʻi:
ʻO kēia mau hōʻailona, inā loaʻa, he māmā maʻamau a hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau hola. ʻO ka ʻike radioactive mai kēia scan e like me ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa mai nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao kakaʻikahi akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi e pili ana i nā hopena maʻi, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau kēia. ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka hopena maʻi e pili ana i ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana o kou maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ka ʻili ʻili nui.
ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Piflufolastat F-18 no nā wahine hāpai a i ʻole e hāpai ana, no ka mea hiki i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation ke hōʻino i kahi pēpē e ulu ana. Inā he wahine ʻoe i ka makahiki hānau keiki, e koi paha kāu kauka i kahi hoʻokolohua hāpai ma mua o ka scan.
Pono nā makuahine e hānai ana i ka umauma e kūkākūkā i ka manawa me kā lākou kauka, no ka mea, hiki i nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hele i loko o ka waiū umauma. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e pauma a hoʻolei i ka waiū umauma no 12 a 24 mau hola ma hope o ka scan.
Pono paha ka poʻe me nā pilikia kīkī koʻikoʻi i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā, no ka mea, ua hoʻopau mua ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma o nā kīkī. E loiloi kāu kauka i kāu hana kīkī ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia scan.
Inā he moʻolelo kou o nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā mea hana kiʻi ʻē aʻe, e hōʻoia e haʻi aku i kāu hui lapaʻau. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau nā hopena maʻi i ka Piflufolastat F-18, pono i kāu kauka ke ʻike e pili ana i nā hopena i hala.
Loaʻa ka Piflufolastat F-18 ma lalo o ka inoa inoa Pylarify ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO kēia ka mana i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻohana ai nā halemai a me nā kikowaena kiʻi no nā scans PSMA PET.
Hiki i kekahi mau keʻena lapaʻau ke kuhikuhi iā ia ma ke ʻano he
He lōʻihi ka hapalua o ke ola o Piflufolastat F-18, ʻo ia hoʻi e mau ana ia no ka manawa lōʻihi a hiki ke loaʻa ākea ma nā kikowaena kiʻi. Ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Ga-68 PSMA-11 no ka manawa lōʻihi ma nā wahi noiʻi a makemake ʻia ma kekahi mau kikowaena lapaʻau.
ʻO ke koho ma waena o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i ka mea i loaʻa ma kāu kikowaena kiʻi ma mua o nā ʻokoʻa nui i ka pono. Hāʻawi nā mea ʻelua i kāu kauka i ka ʻike kikoʻī e alakaʻi i kāu mau hoʻoholo lapaʻau.
ʻAe, palekana ʻo Piflufolastat F-18 no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau mea kiʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole pili nui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā pae kōpaʻa koko, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes e like me ka mea maʻamau.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i kāu hana maʻamau no ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes ma mua a ma hope o ka scan. Inā he hopohopo kāu e pili ana i ka ʻai ʻana ma mua o ka scan, e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono nā palena meaʻai me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka nui o Piflufolastat F-18, no ka mea, ua ana pono ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hāʻawi ʻia e nā poʻe loea lāʻau lapaʻau nuklea i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia. He pololei ka dosing a nānā ʻia i ke kaʻina hana.
Inā he hopohopo kāu e pili ana i kāu mahele a i ʻole e ʻike i nā hōʻailona maʻamau ma hope o ka injection, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu hui lapaʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā iā ʻoe a hāʻawi i ka mālama kākoʻo inā pono, ʻoiai he kakaikahi loa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā ua hoʻopaneʻe nui ʻia kāu scan, pono paha ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho hou no kekahi lā. He hapalua o ke ola pōkole ka mea hoʻohui radioactive a lilo i mea liʻiliʻi i ka manawa, no laila he mea nui ka manawa no nā hopena pololei.
E loiloi kāu hui lapaʻau inā pili ka lohi i ka maikaʻi o kāu scan. Inā pono e hoʻonohonoho hou, mai hopohopo – ʻaʻole kēia e pili i kou olakino a i ʻole nā koho lapaʻau, akā i ka manawa e loaʻa ai ka ʻike e pono ai kāu kauka.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i nā hana maʻamau a pau ma hope koke o kāu scan. ʻAʻole pilikia ka nui liʻiliʻi o nā mea radioactive i kou ʻohana a i ʻole nā holoholona ma o ka pilina maʻamau a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana.
ʻO ka inu ʻana i ka wai hou no nā hola 24 mua e kōkua i kou kino e hoʻopau i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka wikiwiki. Manaʻo kekahi mau kauka e kaupalena i ka pilina pili me nā wahine hāpai a me nā keiki liʻiliʻi no nā hola mua, ʻoiai he mea mālama wale nō kēia.
ʻAʻole e keakea ʻo Piflufolastat F-18 i nā hoʻokolohua koko, nā scans ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau ke pau ia mai kou ʻōnaehana, kahi e hana maʻamau ai i loko o 24 mau hola. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻopau wikiwiki a piha.
Inā he mau kaʻina hana olakino ʻē aʻe kāu i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i loko o kekahi mau lā o kāu PSMA PET scan, e haʻi i kēia i nā hui lapaʻau ʻelua. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha he keakea, he mea maikaʻi mau no kāu mau kauka e loaʻa ka ʻike piha e pili ana i kāu mau hoʻokolohua olakino hou.
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