My husband's PSA has bounced around while on jevtana - 8 cycles now - but just spike 50% over a 2 week period. Have a call out to his onco but would love feedback here. Thank you!
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How to know when Jevtana is no longer working, is it PSA alone?
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You have to look at the whole picture, especially scan results. PSA can become a less useful biomarker over time.
I agree, you have to look at the bigger picture. You don't change treatments based on PSA alone. Imaging is more important along with how the person feels, pain symptoms, etc.
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Thank you so much - makes sense.
Take a PSMA PET-CT scan and see whether the tumors have increased in size and qty. If they have, stop Jevtana as it is obviously not working. Only screwing up your husband's immune system.
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