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Advanced Prostate Cancer

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Firmagon or Zoladex....?

Hi, hope you are all doing well, been a while since I posted but circumstances have changed and I was wondering if anyone could help with some questions I...

Hi, hope you are all doing well, been a while since I posted but circumstances h...

blueeyes74

•5 years ago

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Increased urinary frequency at night

Hi, Does anyone have any thoughts here? Diagnosed metastatic pc in April 2018, psa 255, one core Gleason 4+5, other cores 4+3 or 3+4. Bone scan negative. CT...

Hi, Does anyone have any thoughts here? Diagnosed metastatic pc in April 2018, p...

deervalley

•5 years ago

16 Replies

SS Disability hearing

Evening friends. I just received notification of my upcoming Social Security Disability hearing. I’m a stage 4’er who got downsized just prior to turning 62, I...

Evening friends. I just received notification of my upcoming Social Security Dis...

3putt

•5 years ago

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Update on treatment

I haven't posted an update in over a month. Just finished radiation 38 limp nodes and prastate bed. Only 25 to limp nodes. Psa <0.01ng/ml, Testosterone <3...

I haven't posted an update in over a month. Just finished radiation 38 limp node...

gamemaster34

•5 years ago

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Bone Pain from Prostate Cancer

Please describe the location of your prostate cancer bone pain, subjectively what it feels like, and what you do to moderate at, or otherwise respond to it?...

Please describe the location of your prostate cancer bone pain, subjectively wha...

cesanon

•5 years ago

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Our Special Guest!

Deborah Jennings is the daughter and wife of men with prostate cancer. She is a well-known educator and cancer advocate, too. You may recall the many,...

Deborah Jennings is the daughter and wife of men with prostate cancer. She is a...

Darryl

Partner•5 years ago

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Xtandi

I have been taking Xtandi for 18 months, side effects so far brain fog, lack of energy. However one side effect that bothers me is seizure. Has anyone...

I have been taking Xtandi for 18 months, side effects so far brain fog, lack of ...

landcrab

•5 years ago

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Need Info on AR-V7 Gene

I have had a gene test, and found that I dont have the ar-v7 gene, and need some info on what that means for my hormone treatment, currently on lupon only,...

I have had a gene test, and found that I dont have the ar-v7 gene, and need some...

Hotcars74

•5 years ago

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APCCC 2019: Pitfalls of PSMA PET-CT in Advanced Prostate Cancer Imaging

This was presented at APCCC 2019 in Switzerland a week or so ago. -Patrick: Basel, Switzerland (UroToday.com) "As a follow-up to Dr. Stefano Fanti’s...

This was presented at APCCC 2019 in Switzerland a week or so ago. -Patrick: Base...

pjoshea13

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Did Alp and Serum Calcium test

Dear LearnAll Did the tests you suggested. All normal. Thank you once again.

Neeta12

•5 years ago

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Cost Effectiveness of Abiraterone vs Docetaxel in the Treatment of Hormone-Naïve Prostate Cancer

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE •In combination with androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), both abiraterone and docetaxel have been associated with improved survival in...

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE •In combination with androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), bot...

Balsam01

•5 years ago

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Erleada failing?

Hi all! My father has been battling PC since April 2016. To make a long story short, his prostatectomy failed. Lupron worked for about 12-15 months until he...

Hi all! My father has been battling PC since April 2016. To make a long story sh...

ncisc001

•5 years ago

26 Replies

Taking a poll for the new guys...

Going on meds, reading about side effects, and making decisions can all weigh on us....Even having the wrong kind of support close by ( to much worry , or...

Going on meds, reading about side effects, and making decisions can all weigh on...

pilot52

•5 years ago

53 Replies

Lu 177 PSMA

Three questions I've been having. Concerning if positive for PSMA scan (I was) does this mean ALL of your prostate cancer cells will be positive for PSMA?...

Three questions I've been having. Concerning if positive for PSMA scan (I was...

TJGuy

•5 years ago

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Traditional Medicare A & B and Provenge cost.

Maybe a member or two will find the following useful. 6 weeks ago I finished my 3rd and last Provenge infusion. My health insurance consists of Medicare A & B....

Maybe a member or two will find the following useful. 6 weeks ago I finished my ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

1 Reply

PTEN Loss gene and Advanced Prostate Cancer

My husbands genetic tests are back from Foundation One and he has a concerning mutation PTEN. He tested negative for BRAC, KRAS. If anyone has the same gene...

My husbands genetic tests are back from Foundation One and he has a concerning m...

paige20180

•5 years ago

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Getting off testosterone blockers

Getting off testosterone blockers Can you get off testosterone blockers after 10 years. Does your body stop making testosterone? Anyone doing complementary...

Getting off testosterone blockers Can you get off testosterone blockers after ...

Oreoking

•5 years ago

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Osteoporosis, Osteopenia, Calcium, Vitamin D, Vitamin K, etc.

Postmenopausal bone loss has long been recognized as a major problem. It always amused me that women were told to take calcium when their bones were leaching...

Postmenopausal bone loss has long been recognized as a major problem. It alway...

pjoshea13

•5 years ago

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Majority of patients cancer-free after treatment developed at Rice

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science-environment/article/Cancer-treatment-developed-at-Rice-cures-disease-14374120.php But they included only low and...

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science-environment/article/Cancer-treatme...

Ralph1966

•5 years ago

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Do male urologists and oncologists avoid referring patients to female doctors? What do you think?

Of course, there are exceptions, and, I'm sure many of you have examples of male doctors referring you to female doctors. But, I have received an unusual...

Of course, there are exceptions, and, I'm sure many of you have examples of male...

Darryl

Partner•5 years ago

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Chemo v/s Zytiga ?

Dad is currently only on ADT - Firmagon. Since his PSA is almost 0 and blood work has improved, doctors have given us 2 options of Chemo - Docetaxel (every 3...

Dad is currently only on ADT - Firmagon. Since his PSA is almost 0 and blood wor...

Cheerr

•5 years ago

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Good news from biopsy

The report just arrived that a biopsy of a vertebrae shows no signs of cancer. My original bone scan showed activity in the rt tibia and in the T6 vertebral...

The report just arrived that a biopsy of a vertebrae shows no signs of cancer. ...

GranPaSmurf

•5 years ago

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Obesity at diagnosis and prostate cancer prognosis and recurrence risk following primary treatment by radical prostatectomy

https://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2019/08/28/1055-9965.EPI-19-0488?rss=1 Background: The association of obesity at diagnosis with prostate cancer...

https://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2019/08/28/1055-9965.EPI-19-0488?rss...

GranPaSmurf

•5 years ago

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Dizziness with Enzalutamide

Hello everyone, My father is on 3 tablets Enzalutamide since March 2018(full history in profile), recently he is experiencing high bp 80/ 180 and dizziness...

Hello everyone, My father is on 3 tablets Enzalutamide since March 2018(full hi...

caretkr

•5 years ago

23 Replies

Painful bones

currently on Prolia injection every six months experiencing terrible pain in the bones mainly legs however mobes around arms elbos etc has anybody experienced...

currently on Prolia injection every six months experiencing terrible pain in the...

Stanny1

•5 years ago

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Prostate cancer worry-2

As I am not sure how to post a reply to all the people that have replied to my original post, I thought if I started another thread all people will see rather...

As I am not sure how to post a reply to all the people that have replied to my o...

Redcollector

•5 years ago

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Best treatments for metastaic prostate cancer? (Non-hormone resistant)

I have seen various studies that show that xtandi in combination with docetaxol may work better than either of them alone. My grandfather will be undrgoing...

I have seen various studies that show that xtandi in combination with docetaxol ...

chillpill7

•5 years ago

12 Replies

Lyparnza

I a clinical trial. It is randomized. We will know if we get it in about a month. I have not found any info on this helping pc and my husband does not have the...

I a clinical trial. It is randomized. We will know if we get it in about a month...

elainea53

•5 years ago

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Keto diet fails the test !

See attached study: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/keto-diet-theory-put-to-the-test/

See attached study: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/keto-diet-theory-put-to-t...

Break60

•5 years ago

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Enzalutamide and back pain

I am wondering for those of you who have taken enzalutamide (xtandi) and experienced back pain was your pain generalized across the back or in a very specific...

I am wondering for those of you who have taken enzalutamide (xtandi) and experie...

MeliaQuinn

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Posts - Advanced Prostate Cancer | HealthUnlocked

Advanced Prostate Cancer

All posts for September 2019

Firmagon or Zoladex....?

Increased urinary frequency at night

SS Disability hearing

Update on treatment

Bone Pain from Prostate Cancer

Our Special Guest!

Xtandi

Need Info on AR-V7 Gene

APCCC 2019: Pitfalls of PSMA PET-CT in Advanced Prostate Cancer Imaging

Did Alp and Serum Calcium test

Cost Effectiveness of Abiraterone vs Docetaxel in the Treatment of Hormone-Naïve Prostate Cancer

Erleada failing?

Taking a poll for the new guys...

Lu 177 PSMA

Traditional Medicare A & B and Provenge cost.

PTEN Loss gene and Advanced Prostate Cancer

Getting off testosterone blockers

Osteoporosis, Osteopenia, Calcium, Vitamin D, Vitamin K, etc.

Majority of patients cancer-free after treatment developed at Rice

Do male urologists and oncologists avoid referring patients to female doctors? What do you think?

Chemo v/s Zytiga ?

Good news from biopsy

Obesity at diagnosis and prostate cancer prognosis and recurrence risk following primary treatment by radical prostatectomy

Dizziness with Enzalutamide

Painful bones

Prostate cancer worry-2

Best treatments for metastaic prostate cancer? (Non-hormone resistant)

Lyparnza

Keto diet fails the test !

Enzalutamide and back pain

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