A PSMA PET scan is the crucial first step before Lutetium-177 therapy for advanced prostate cancer. By using a gallium-68 tracer, it reveals exactly where cancer has spread and whether tumors carry the PSMA protein the treatment needs to work. This article explains the scan's purpose, the step‑by‑step procedure, and how international patients can get a PSMA PET Scan in Turkey by booking through Proficure’s patient navigation service.

Lutetium-177 PSMA therapy in Turkey offers advanced prostate cancer patients a precise, targeted radiation treatment that seeks and destroys cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. For men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have progressed after chemotherapy, this therapy extends survival, delays disease progression, and significantly improves quality of life. Treatment begins with a PSMA PET scan to confirm eligibility, followed by infusions in moder