Provenge please help

[Nirman]

I am from India and I strongly believe should take this provenge treatment but after searching a lot not finding where in India it’s available? If anyone please find me if it’s available somewhere in India?

[Tall_Allen]

In India, you can get APCEDEN, which is also an autologous dendritic cell vaccine and may be even better than Provenge.

[Nirman in reply to Tall_Allen]

Okay thank you very much what’s your opinion on recent findings that provenge prolongs survival time something like 15 months if I am not wrong

[leo2634 in reply to Nirman]

My Doctor told us at a medical conference he was giving that it could increase survival up to three years in some patients according to New finding and studies.

[Tall_Allen in reply to leo2634]

Perhaps you mean this:

urotoday.com/recent-abstrac...

But he misunderstood. It only says that the median survival was as long as 4 years. It did NOT address the median survival INCREASE, which was about 4 MONTHS.

[leo2634 in reply to Tall_Allen]

I got Provenge when PSA was 0..1 Dr said it was the bedt opportunity to take advantage of the Provenge .

[monte1111 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Would you call the urotoday article a little misleading. Or maybe a lot misleading. Most, including myself, would say wow 4 years. I want some of that. 4 months is way different than 4 years. Statistics can be a can of worms. Ask almost any politician.

[Longterm101 in reply to monte1111]

3-4 months life extension seems to be average for all these drugs. Zytiga, Xanadi, provenge etc

Is that correct TA?

[monte1111 in reply to Longterm101]

And I've been on chemo for 6 months and Xtandi for 3 and half years, lupron for almost 4 years. I'm 2 weeks to 4 year mark. Extensive bone mets. Now appear to be stable. Gleason 9. It almost seems like it's just a roll of the dice. My lifestyle would horrify a lot of people here. T-bone last night. But had a salad with lots of dressing. I'm sure it will catch up with me. Might as well enjoy myself.

[Hidden in reply to monte1111]

That last sentence is accomplished by participating in exchanges with j-o-h-n and I on this site.

[monte1111 in reply to Hidden]

I love exchanges. I've sent each of you a pregnant cat. I call them Covid Cats because no one seems to want snotty nosed cats for some reason.

[Hidden in reply to monte1111]

Thank you on behalf of my mother in law.

[monte1111 in reply to Hidden]

I'm guessing that she is going to feed them to her boa constrictor.

[Hidden in reply to monte1111]

I've change my mind. My friend Wylie needs company. He's very lonely.

My Friend Wylie

[leo2634 in reply to monte1111]

Same here!!!

[leo2634 in reply to monte1111]

Same here!!

[j-o-h-n in reply to monte1111]

Nuttin like a T-boner at night..........

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Friday 02/26/2021 5:06PM EST

[monte1111 in reply to j-o-h-n]

Use to like a T-boner for breakfast. I'm on a diet now.

[j-o-h-n in reply to monte1111]

That makes two of us.......

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Friday 02/26/2021 8:10 PM EST

[Tall_Allen in reply to Longterm101]

For men getting them for late-stage mCRPC.

[Tall_Allen in reply to monte1111]

I don't think it's at all misleading. It does require careful reading, though. Remember, these are written for other doctors, not for patients.

[Tall_Allen in reply to Nirman]

It prolongs survival by about 4 months:

nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/n...

[binati in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thanks I'm in India and was unaware of this.

[MateoBeach]

Here is information for patients considering APCEDEN immunotherapy treatments in India (including for non Indian patients traveling there for treatment). You must have a biopsiable met for antigen it appears. Not sure what the cost Might be for non Indians. APAC Biotech appears to have this dialed. apacbiotech.com/faq

[Nirman in reply to MateoBeach]

Yea thank you it’s on my radar and it’s nearby Fortis hospital where Dr Ishita Sen treat with Lu177 so if I visit I will update