I have met with Maureen Coleman and Dr. Urbain before, and I think the story in terms of “if you don't suspect it, you can't detect it”.... The real plight is of patients with neuroendocrine tumours who are diagnosed late and then find that the radiopharmaceuticals are not available in this country. I think the story of having a patient from Canada, with Canadian-made isotopes...which by the way are not being made in Chalk River; they're available now, the yttrium and lutetium. The patient is being put on a plane to England to be treated, sometimes travelling on the same plane as the isotope, and then comes home to fight with the insurance people, just because the radiopharmaceuticals haven't been approved yet in Canada.
I would like to hear Maureen and Jean-Luc tell their story.