Darolutamide plus olaparib

[Arcticfox44]

Hello - I had another consultation on Nov 1 with Dr. Eugene Kwon at the Mayo Clinic. This was a few weeks after completing 18 weeks of chemo using taxetere plus carboplatin. A PSMA PET CT scan at the Mayo showed that the chemo reduced the prostate cancer in the abdomen, although PSA remains above 100. At present I am not on any chemo, radiation or pills. The only treatment still active is a Zoladex injection every three months.

I live in Cyprus, and for the past 13 years have been treated at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center in Nicosia. There is another clinic in Limassol, Cyprus, called the German Medical Institute, which also treats cancer, and I have recently connected with them and have a portal in their system.

Dr. Kwon has recommended starting both darolutamide and olaparib. It appears that there will be no problem getting olaparib here, but there may be a problem getting darolutamide in Cyprus. My oncologist here hopes that if we can present Dr. Kwon's case for recommending both drugs, the doctors here may allow this. However, if they do not, I might be forced to leave Cyprus, where I have lived for more than 20 years. I should add that I lived and worked as a journalist in the U.S. for more than 10 years and I have Medicare, plus insurance from my former employer, Thomson Reuters.

I would be interested in any thoughts on Dr. Kwon's proposed treatment. I have great respect for him, and it does not make sense to me that specialists in Cyprus would disagree with him.

[OuttaTime]

Hello I too see Dr. Eugene Kwon for recommendations for advanced prostate cancer with bone Mets. I also did triple therapy chemo with taxetere, Eligard, darolutamide for 4 months. My psa is now .04 And I am on Lupron injection every 12 weeks and still taking darolutamide. Having good results with darolutamide. Check with your provider with Dr. Kwon’s recommendations to see if you can get darolutamide. Let us know what they say. Hope you don’t have to move to get this drug. Check with government. Also ask Dr. Kwon’s team if they have any suggestions for getting this drug in your country. Keep us posted!

[GP24]

Darolutamide has fewer side effects and that is why Dr. Kwon recommend that. You can take Apalutamide just as well, it will not make any difference in the fight against cancer. There may be more side effects though. Olaparib causes side effects too.