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Been on Firmagon with Zytiga and Prednisone PSA rising, what can I do next?

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Hoping to try a PARP inhibitor or Provenge perhaps, I don’t know much about this, but my medical oncologist keeps mentioning pluvicto, I’m not interested in doing that yet.

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Diagnosed 07/01/2022 Diagnosed

By PSA Score 942.40 06/24-2022-07/06/2022

Advance Metastatic Prostate Cancer with Ductal subtype

with focal cribform architecture in carcinoma not large gland

4 cores out of 15 with another questionable core with necrosis and questionable atypical cells

Stage 4 Gleason 8 3 Lytic Lesions (unusual or rare)

CT Scan, Pylarify Pet Scan, Bone Scan,

3T 3D guided MRI with write over

07/15/2022 Transperineal Biopsy

Started Firmagon 7/6/2022

Zytiga with Prednisone 7/20/2022

Started Docetaxel Chemotherapy on 08/11/2022

End Docetaxel Chemotherapy on 12/23//2022

Complete 6 cycles @ every 21 Days

Ductal Prostate Cancer is

aggressive, it cannot be monitored by psa score alone.

As it can still spread by low non existing psa numbers.

However, Medical Oncologists feels my

Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen is high on scans

PSA 942.40 7/6/2022

To 2.87 08/03/2022

To 1.07 08/11/2022

To 0.41 09/01/2022

To 0.34 09/13/2022 Testosterone <7

To 0.24 10/18/2022 Testosterone <7

To 0.20 11/08/2022 Testosterone <7

Up To 0.26 11/29/2022 Testosterone <7

Down To 0.19 12/20/2022 Testosterone <7

Down To 0.07 12/17/2022 Testosterone <7

Last Docetaxel Chemotherapy of 6 cycles

Had Davinci Radical Prostatectomy with Pelvis Lymph Node Removal 03/14/2023

8 Lymph Nodes Removed

I have a small mass on prostate bed and feel this is why my PSA is rising.

Held PSA

Down to 09/07/2023 <0.06ng/mL

I started Taltz for my severe plague psoriasis in 01/2023

The Gastroenterologist feels this was the reason for my severe colitis attacks with blood that went on daily from 07/15/2023 through 01/2024, on colonoscopy and endoscopy found 16 inches of connected ulcers possibly from the Taltz Biologic Medication

My PSA started

rising 10/10/2023 0.09ng/ml

rising 11/07/2023 0.11ng/mL

rising 12/07/2023 0.29ng/mL

rising. 01/04/2023 0.46ng/mL

Stage 4 Advanced Metastatic Prostate Cancer

PSA 942.40

Gleason 8 ductal without large cribform gland,

Gleason 9 4+5

cT3b CN0 cM1b

Gleason 8/9 * 4+5=9

Stage 4

Grade 5 :

ypT3a YPT3a

3 lytic lesions resolved to 1 mild avid lesion

Biopsy 15 samples

4 adenocarcinoma

11 benign

Low volume

High grade

Triplicate Therapy

Firmagon @28 days,

Zytiga with Prednisone Daily,

Metformin 500mg Daily

Docetaxel Chemotherapy @ 6 sessions

Taltz monthly injection for severe plague psoriasis

VIT D2 @6 weeks, once a weeks, 50k units, Temporary

No Prolia or Z Acid for bones,

As my teeth need work

Germline - No Brca but BLM missing copy mutation

The Tumor Genomics were an-

Oncomine targeted panel from transperineal MRI guided biopsy 07/2022

Tier 1

Tier 2 Variants in p53 and CDH1

Tier 3 in DNMT3A, HRAS, WT1, TSO500

I’m burdened with a mutation load

Tumor genomics -

Targeted Oncomine panel from post-treatment prostatectomy

Tier 1 ATM frameshift alteration,

Tier 2 FOXP1-BRAF fusin, PTEN frameshift alteration, FOXA1 frameshift alteration,

FBXW7 missense, SETD2 frameshift alteration.

TMB high (17.4 muts/Mb),

MSI stable; multiple VUS (BLM, CUX1, EML4, EPHB1, FGFR2, FOXA1, GRIN2A, JAK1, SMARCA4).

I’m terrified of Small Cell and Neuroendocrine because of mutation load.

No complaints from radical prostatectomy leakage resolved

CHA test Component Your Value Chromogranin A 117 ng/mL

0 - 103 ng/mL H

My Carcinoembryonic Antigen <0.5 ng/mL this test was very low, good news.

<=3.0 ng/mL Non-Smoker: <= 3.0 Smoker: <= 5.0

My LDH was Component Your Value Standard Range Flag

Lactate Dehydrogenase 168.0 U/L

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Ahk1

I have similar test results. Does your “MSI stable” means you have MSI?

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Shorehousejam in reply to Ahk1

Yes as above in post

God only knows what all this means and what I can do with it

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Ahk1

I am terrified of neuroendocrine PC also. My CEA and Chromogranin A values are high also.

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MoonRocket

Have you discussed Keytruda? I believe for prostate cancer, TMB > 10, Keytruda is a possible treatment.

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Thank you

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