Hi All,
Father's 1st cycle Lu-177 PSMA response has been very good with PSA dropping from 31.7 to 1.16 and his blood counts have only dropped mildly , he is due for his 2nd cycle next weekend, while we are thankful to almighty for such a good response there are a couple of things that I am trying to figure out :-
1. Assuming there are much lesser cancer cells than last time the radiation will damage more healthy cells than cancer cells this time, should we delay the 2nd cycle by couple of weeks or do it when PSA rises again in order to have optimal balance between benefit and SE ?
2. As there is a cap on total number of cycles (6) that can be administered , will pausing after a couple of good response cycles be a good strategy to save the cycles for later use ? This article seems to indicate so
jnm.snmjournals.org/content...
However the Nuclear Medicine Doctor insists on going ahead with the 2nd cycle as planned and consider re-evaluation only after 2nd cycle, as per him delaying is only considered when patients have SE and need recovery time
After much pleading he has suggested to redo the PSMA PET Scan again and take the call based on SUV uptake probably with a reduced dose and is confident that PSA would have risen by then, but what if trend continues(it drops further) do we still go ahead with the planned cycle or space it out till PSA rises again?
Father is on regular ADT +Enza , any info or suggestion is much appreciated
Thanks