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- 1. Prior Tests
- (Category)
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 2. In Clinic Tests
- (Category)
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. Tests and Scans 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 PRLT. The exact order in which the patient takes these tests or scans may depend upon ...
- Created on 20 January 2011
- 4. 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
- 5. At the Clinic in Pictures
- (At the Clinic)
- ... can wait. See the section called Scans and Tests 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
- 6. PRLT Results at Bad Berka
- (PRLT)
- ... was an absence of diarrhea despite significant intestinal uptake and 2) there was no evidence of renal toxicity after PRLT, except for a small number of patients who had been heavily pretreated with chemotherapy ...
- Created on 21 March 2011
- 7. Restaging / Follow on Treatment
- (Visit Overview)
- ... morning by going to the reception area in the Zentralklinik and checking with the finance people. The same process is followed as when the original PRLT was done. Usually the first test is the renal/kidney ...
- Created on 15 February 2011
- 8. PRLT Visit Overview
- (Visit Overview)
- ... Medicine Ward to get a room assignment, blood draw for routine tests, a MRSA, test and others. Usually the patient will meet with a doctor who is on the Ward to discuss your medical history and your treatment ...
- Created on 15 February 2011
- 9. Going Home
- (Post Treatment)
- ... other medical tests performed. Also reviewed is the current staging and a follow-up appointment time for restaging, as appropriate. The patient also receives a CD with the 68-Ga scan images, some printed ...
- Created on 21 January 2011
- 10. Traveling to Bad Berka
- (Transportation)
- ... (train station). Depending upon what airline you arrived on, this could be a long walk. The Frankfurt Airport Rail station is located across the street from Terminal 1. The fastest connection by train ...
- Created on 21 January 2011
- 11. Clothing To Take
- (Prior to hospital stay)
- ... shirts that have short sleeves rather than long sleeves. Most of the tests done in preparation for the PRLT as well as the PRLT itself, are conducted using a peripheral IV line that is usually placed in ...
- Created on 21 January 2011
- 12. Bad Berka Approach to PRLT
- (Background)
- ... detection of tumors and post-treatment evaluations of the PRLT. This scan allows the team at Bad Berka in conjunction with other diagnostic tests, to better determine the strength of the dose tailored ...
- Created on 20 January 2011
- 13. Information for Referring Physicians
- (General MD)
- This section is for doctors who are considering the selection of PRRT to treat one of their patients. Considering PRRT for a Patient: What a physician should look for Progressive, somatostatin receptor ...
- Created on 19 July 2010
- 14. What To Expect When Accompanying A Patient
- (Care Giver )
- Before the Treatment Typically a patient going in for a scheduled PRLT will check into the Zentralklinik on a Sunday and then begin scans and tests on Monday. During that time the patient can spend ...
- Created on 19 July 2010
- 15. Food, Dining, Medications and Personal Gear Considerations
- (What to bring)
- ... plain books are good too. In addition to time spent on the ward there will be times too when the patient is waiting to take test/scans. Waiting for an hour or more for a scan is not uncommon, so having ...
- Created on 19 July 2010
- 16. Medical Records and Information Needed
- (Prior Tests)
- Dr. Baum and his team will want to receive the most current case information about the patient to include the most current doctors reports, reports from tests and scans and actual scan images from current ...
- Created on 19 July 2010
- 17. Kidney/Renal function Test
- (In Clinic Tests)
- Here are the 2 kidney test that are done
- Created on 19 July 2010
- 18. 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
- 19. 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
- 20. 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