Fayette County hospital offers new treatment for prostate cancer

Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia, is offering Pluvicto, a newly available targeted radioactive therapy, for men with advanced prostate cancer. Staff will evaluate follow-up test results in January to determine whether the treatment eliminated cancer cells. The article says prostate cancer rates are rising across Georgia, increasing the urgency for local access. One patient, 86-year-old Wayne McAteer, was diagnosed four years ago after a golf cart accident brought him to the hospital; after two years of hormone therapy, his cancer became resistant. He began Pluvicto in May and reported minimal side effects, mainly brief fatigue. His son, Shawn McAteer, said the ability to travel about 12 minutes instead of going to a major city is a major benefit.