Cabazitaxel for dad

[SC19]

Hello all, looking for a bit of advice. My dad’s had 4 sessions of Radium 223 but is feeling generally tired, low energy and is losing weight and new small spots have appeared on a scan. Doc has now suggested no more Radium and trying Cabazitaxel now. He had enzalutamide but this stopped working too. It just seems like nothing is working I feel so low and for him. Guess I’m looking for some hope as to whether Cabazitaxel can turn things around? He’s never really any kind of remission - is this unlikely now? The last scan showed 4 mets but seems there are more now.

[Tall_Allen]

Ask for a biopsy - maybe there is a targeted therapy or clinical trial.

[Poowater]

Unfortunately, treatments fail. I'm not quite in that position at the present time. All my treatments failed, so I'm on Pluvicto. Once that fails I will go onto cabazitaxal. The latter has a 4 month survival rating. One wonders whether it's worthwhile considering the side effects.

[SC19]

Thanks both for your replies. He hasn’t tried Pluvicto yet so that could be next after cabazitaxal. Once you get to this point is a remission still possible? Or do remissions only happen with the early hormonal treatments?

[ellie2211]

If he can handle it physically.... ask about combining cabazitaxel with carboplatin