Radioactive injection,before scan

[lovemylover]

Does anyone know anything about this and why its being done, is it just a precaution in case anything [cancer] is found,or something found and checking more thoroughly
My partner ha had an MRI biopsy and prostate shave,it was after the shave when tissue was checked again that he has been told he needs this
Not sure if its a bone scan or for lymph glands as they were also mentioned, but nothing specific said

It’s contrast. It makes the blood ‘light up’ on the scan, and gives a more detailed picture.

Should have said radioactive dye injection

For prostate it’ll be a bone scan - to make sure there’s no cancer in the bones. It’s routine as part of prostate investigations.

Is he having a CT, MRI or nuclear medicine scan?

It is't a treatment in case they find cancer on the scan...if that's what your OP is asking. As ChequeredPasta said, it's a contrast medium : it's the medium which shows up on the scan, so it can show any blockages, areas with additional angiogenesis etc.

It is a nuclear scan I believe, I know it isn't a treatment, just wondered what they would be looking at, I assumed bones,, but also lymph nodes
We know they found something, from the biopsied tissue removed after prostate shave,but when they did the actual biopsy before the shave they said it was all clear,i have only been told this by phone up to now,
Thanks all for replies

That's not contrast media then. It's to show up 'hot spots' so areas of higher metabolic activity. In other words areas of the body that there might be abnormal cells growing at an unusual rate such as a cancer.

I had radioctaive injection when I had a PET scan, its different to normal contrast in CTs and MRI's, as K567 said they show up hot spots areas that may be, but aren't definitely area of concern. They are very expensive and tbh for the vagueness of the results don't seem that useful ime.
IIrc I had to stay away from dc for 12 hours or something, as the radio active stuff can still be lurking. That was a while ago though, it may have changed by now.
Good luck, I know waiting for scans and results is unbearably stressful.

Thank you, is a nuclear scan different from an MRI then? I didn't read the letter
All I know is radioactive dye put into his body and a scan, ,there might be more to it than I was told up to now