My husband's cancer seems to be progressing once again. He's had 3 very short lived treatments in 1 year- docetaxel 6 rounds, Zytiga 1.5 months and cabazitaxel 7 rounds. The cancer has metastasized to his lungs besides being in the bones, so radium 233 is out of the question. He's started to have shortness of breath on exertion. His PSA went up from 34 round 4 to 348 round 7. His alk phos and other blood makers are above normal again as well. We have an appointment this Thursday with his oncologist to figure out what the next steps are. Has anyone been down this road thus far? Are there other approved chemo treatments out there- we live in 🇨🇦.
Thank you all,
God bless
As far as chemo goes, there's Carboplatin for PCa that's metastasized to organs and soft tissue (visceral mets). There is Xtandi, another androgen-based treatment. It can work after Zytiga fails. There is also LU-177, but I don't know its status in Canada. It is available in Germany, but fairly expensive.
I wish you the best.
Thank you for your reply. It's been a busy, hectic week. I'll keep this in mind .