Response Criterias

[Blair77]

I'm wondering if in metastatic prostate cancer there are different response categories. I know in other cancers they might grade a response as a partial response, complete response, progressive disease, etc. My husbands PSA has gone from 1044 in January to 4 as of October but we honestly don't really know if that means anything or if there is any data related to this response. The doctor doesn't really say much. Any help?

[Hidden]

Here is some data

ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.12...

[Blair77 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks. I recently read an article about switching over to Zytiga to lower the PSA if you had a " sub optimal" response to ADT. My husband had upfront chemo so I don't know if that blurs the data. 😕

[gusgold in reply to Blair77]

The new protocol now is to take ADT + Zytiga because of longer over all survival in cases of advanced PCa.

Gus

[JamesAtlanta in reply to Hidden]

Very helpful study results - thanks for sharing!