Novantron??

[TireGuy]

Can anyone comment on their experience with novantron? I am stage 4, 5+ years post-prostatectomy, have tried most everything, including taxotere and jevtana. PSA at 249 now, had got down to 40 from a previous high of 312. (Was <5 at time of surgery.) Bone pain under control with plenty of methadone & dilaudid. Thanks in advance!

[Tall_Allen]

Mitoxantrone was the kind of chemo they had before Taxotere and Jevtana. I talked to one patient for whom it gave a lot of relief from symptoms after Taxotere and Jevtana stopped working. have you tried Xofigo? It too provides relief from bone pain.

[TireGuy in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thanks for reply! Yes, i was on xofigo for 3 rounds. PSA kept rising. I stopped in order to participate in a trial combining xtandi with tecentriq. I failed that trial, as PSA continued to soar to a high of 312. At that point, went on jevtana, which brought psa down to 40. But after 7 rounds, psa again began rising. Interesting to know that novantrone helped someone in similar situation - thank you!

[Jbooml]

Can I interrupt and ask how you go about genotyping your PC. What are the magic words to elicit this test.....and I’m hoping it’s not...if you don’t get me this I’m getting a lawyer

Is anyone doing rapid or other liquid PCR biopsies for PC?