Diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer June 23. Chemotherapy 6 sessions and now on Nubequ. PSA was 147, now 2.4
Diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cance... - Advanced Prostate...
Diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer June 23. Chemotherapy 6 sessions and now on Nubequ. PSA was 147, now 2.4
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Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.
j-o-h-n
Has anyone had a similar experience? How long after the treatment before I can expect the cancer in my hip and shoulder start to start becoming an issue?
Only Nubeqa, 2x300mg x 2 per day. Had CT, MRI and nuclear bone scan. Showed up cancer spots in my hip, shoulder and pelvis. 3month check up with bloods only.
PSA is now 2.4. Should it be lower? I thought that's what the Nubeqa is doing??
According to Dr. Google Darolutamide is used to treat a certain type of prostate cancer. This medication belongs to a class of drugs known as anti-androgens (anti-testosterone). It works by blocking the effects of testosterone to slow the growth and spread of prostate cancer.
How did you manage the Doceraxil? I seem to have been lucky as I didn't have any side effects apart from tiredness.
I have never missed a workout during chemo, even the next day I was working out...EXERCISE is the only thing on which we all agree (and I mean doctors as well) that work wonders, on everything else like diets (apart from eliminate white sugar and eliminate/lower alcohol intake...) you may find some different opinions and research
if you feel tired, do a lighter workout or take more time
Thanks for your kind reply, I have another appointment with my consultant in a couple of weeks. I do feel that I should be having another scan to see if there is any changes since the previous scan. How long between scans is normal?
Paddy said he is on Nubeqa - that is ONE kind of ADT therapy right?
Usually combined with Lupron (and the addition of chemo would make it triplet)
Yes, I believe so. Had the chemo and just on the Nubeqa now.
I also have an injection of Prostap every six months
So you are under triplet therapy as per ARASENS trial. As systemic therapy it's possibly the best you can have at the moment, the only recent one with proven significant life extension.
About your PSA, I suppose you had your first chemo session? (it's one every 3 weeks) I would say that the response is very good for now.
I can give you some stats about survival but remember that everything is individual...
I'd really appreciate that thank you.
- Median OS (overall survival) was NR (not reached) vs 48.9 months in the triplet and placebo arms, which means that at least 50.00001% of the patients were still alive at the moment when these info were shared (trials are updated)
- The median time to mCRPC (castration resistance) was NR, whereas in the placebo arm, the median time to mCRPC was 19.1 months, which is associated with worse quality of life and usually also with pain at progression, same goes with radiological Progression Free Survival, not reached
You have received the new gold standard of treatment, the triplet approach. Unfortunately all of us are different and respond differently but your PSA has responded well, dropping almost 99%. Hopefully it keeps low and maybe even drops more. Best wishes to you.
So Mick says to Paddy, See asking questions helps...
Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.
j-o-h-n
Got to try to keep smiling 😀😀 even when it's very difficult. I have two young teenage kids and am constantly worried about them and their future, not so much for myself 😔😔
Eating meat may indeed obviate death-by-PCa, substituting death by heart attacks, strokes, etc