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hello, what do you think? my father 69 years old

Radical prostatectomy 2016

pt 3b gleason 8

psa post op 0.24

3 months later 0.56

Radiotherapy 2017 that failed

psa a year later about 2

Tepscan ok

in September 2018: lupron, casodex

December 2018 psa 0.08

April 2019 0.11

Octobre 2019 0,10

April 2020 0,13

are these fluctuations normal or do they tend that hormone therapy does not work very well. When I see some results with 0.00, I am amazed at my father's results. With our confinement in France, the appointments with specialists have been canceled. Please enlighten me if you can. in any case good luck because you live like us, a hard time. Take care of yourself

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Can you get abiraterone instead of Casodex?

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Those are still low PSA numbers. The fluctuations may be due to inflammation. I would not be too anxious to stop Casodex and Lupron.

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Katiafrench

Hello and thank you for your answers. Indeed, I think zytiga could be the next step. Her appointment with the urologist is in June. As for Casodex, he only took it once at the start of hormone therapy. Magnus, I don't understand why you're talking about stopping hormone therapy unless I didn't understand. do you think that 0.10 0.11 or 0.13 means that hormone therapy has never really worked?

Katja, bonne journée. Je ne suis pas un docteur. mes connaissances médicales ne proviennent que de la lutte contre ce salaud depuis 2004. peu importe que la prostate soit enlevée ou rayonnée, le but est d'avoir son PSA à <0,1. quelque chose se passe et la récurrence est tout à fait possible. Veuillez continuer le Lupron, le Lupron fonctionne. Je voudrais que ma testostérone soit testée. cependant, avec votre système de santé, cela pourrait ne pas être possible sans essais cliniques. Je suppose que votre père a de minuscules cellules cancéreuses métastatiques dans son système vasculaire ou lymphatique. à un moment donné, et cela peut prendre des années, ils vont coloniser et grandir. Je demanderais une chimiothérapie (s'il a un corps solide) pour tuer ces types de cellules. J'écris comme quelqu'un qui a immédiatement demandé l'aide du milieu universitaire et de la recherche en médecine. il n'est pas disponible pour la plupart de ce groupe. donc mes résultats sont différents. certains disent antidote. faites tout ce que vous pouvez pour l'amener chez un spécialiste qui traite le cancer de la prostate. pas du sein, du poumon, etc. ce type de spécialiste étudie son métier spécifiquement vers les maladies de la prostate. aux États-Unis, ce n'est pas un urologue qui, selon la plupart des cas, est chirurgien. nous nous tournons vers un oncologue médical. Je lui souhaite bonne chance et dirai une prière au Créateur pour sa santé. Restez à l'abri du virus.

Gourd Dancer

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j-o-h-n

Oui..... So Katia..... You're father's numbers are after the decimal.... worry when they're before the decimal. Au revoir...

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor,

j-o-h-n Friday 03/27/2020 6:13 PM DST

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Katiafrench

Hello, thanks for your reply, john. it is true that his psa is not really high but it is never very stable either and has never been very good. we will wait until June, for his appointment with the urologist. For the moment, we mostly cross our fingers so as not to catch this terrible virus. With us, in France, the next two weeks will be apparently terrible ... we are waiting for the wave, respecting the instructions. good courage to all of you and take care of yourself.

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