Posts - Advanced Prostate Cancer | HealthUnlocked

Advanced Prostate Cancer

21,583 members • 27,014 posts

All posts for November 2019

Advice on inflammation of the shoulder joints appreciated.

Hi all - It has been 6 months since RT and 11 months since chemo (taxotere). On Lupron for the last 14 months. PSA undetectable. I wonder if any board...

Hi all - It has been 6 months since RT and 11 months since chemo (taxotere). O...

Pleroma

•5 years ago

14 Replies

FRustration Rampant... no response re: CT Abd/pelvis & NM bone scan.

> CT Abd/pelvis & bone scan request. ? Will my 1st CT ABD/Pelvis & NM bone scan since Advanced Cancer pelvic abdomen Lymph nodes be beneficial? Yes or No?...

> CT Abd/pelvis & bone scan request. ? Will my 1st CT ABD/Pelvis & NM bone sca...

depotdoug

•5 years ago

15 Replies

Roller Coaster

My husband is 75, has been going to see his urologist every 6 months for 15 years he had put him on Flomax to help his symptoms. In May 2018 his PSA was OK......

My husband is 75, has been going to see his urologist every 6 months for 15 year...

formula27

•5 years ago

28 Replies

Want to take advantage of all our features? Just log in!

Post MO Visit Anxiety

I apologize since this post is a lot like a previous post I made , but I become anxious after my MO visits. By way of background, pre-surgical PSA 8.9, RP in...

I apologize since this post is a lot like a previous post I made , but I become ...

DFL208

•5 years ago

13 Replies

New Test Question: 18F-DCFPYL PET/ST and Ga 68

Hello- Does anyone in the USA have experience with either of these two tests? If yes, where did you have it done? Mike

Hello- Does anyone in the USA have experience with either of these two tests? I...

Fox2018

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Our Prostate Cancer Hints, Lessons and Comments free to download book is taking shape

Our Prostate Cancer Hints, Lessons and Comments free to download book is taking shape. Please write your posts and enter them by November 15....

Our Prostate Cancer Hints, Lessons and Comments free to download book is taking ...

Darryl

Partner•5 years ago

Be the first to reply

Update after oncology visit

MO offered us a trial of olaparib in combination with AZD6738 . Husband did not have braca or any other gene mutations show up on DNA testing so I asked why...

MO offered us a trial of olaparib in combination with AZD6738 . Husband did no...

Dalipup

•5 years ago

16 Replies

Not Qualified For Xofigo

I met with the Radiation Oncologist here at M.D. Anderson in NJ and said I am not qualified for Provenge. I do not have the symptoms such as bone pain, lack of...

I met with the Radiation Oncologist here at M.D. Anderson in NJ and said I am no...

Nicnatno

•5 years ago

30 Replies

New to hormone therapy

I started with a Lupron injection 10 days ago. When do people see the side effects start to kick in?

I started with a Lupron injection 10 days ago. When do people see the side effe...

BobH3

•5 years ago

38 Replies

It is open enrollment time for medicare. Things that seem too good to be true?

I have been very busy working and have not had the time I would like to participate in the group, or even keep up with the information. I feel a heads up...

I have been very busy working and have not had the time I would like to particip...

Philly13

•5 years ago

26 Replies

Update and some guidance needed

Update from me, here are some of my key stats Age 44 Back in March 2018 I had an MRI for something else, and we found hypointensities around the prostate....

Update from me, here are some of my key stats Age 44 Back in March 2018 I had ...

VisualDeadlock

•5 years ago

3 Replies

Radium-223 Treatment in Castration-Resistant Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE •Radium-223 (223Ra) is indicated for patients with bony metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. It is not known whether treatment of...

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE •Radium-223 (223Ra) is indicated for patients with bony meta...

Balsam01

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Docetaxel Improves Survival in Metastatic Hormone-Naïve Prostate Cancer

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE •This report provides long-term survival data from a randomized trial on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) plus docetaxel versus ADT alone...

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE •This report provides long-term survival data from a randomi...

Balsam01

•5 years ago

3 Replies

Short-Term ADT Combined With Radiotherapy as Salvage Treatment After Radical Prostatectomy

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE •This phase III trial was designed to evaluate the benefit of short-term androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) with radiotherapy for salvage...

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE •This phase III trial was designed to evaluate the benefit ...

Balsam01

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Minor but steady rise in PCA, recurrence?

Hello all, Wishes and prayers with all going through this journey. My profile has has full treatment in detail of my father. Post chemo, salvage radiation,...

Hello all, Wishes and prayers with all going through this journey. My profile ha...

caretkr

•5 years ago

6 Replies

Integrative Medicine Center? -- Sloan Kettering or Other

Hi all, anyone been to Bendheim Integrative Medicine Center of Sloane Kettering? Specifically, has anyone "visited" a specific doctor there or the...

Hi all, anyone been to Bendheim Integrative Medicine Center of Sloane Kettering?...

Barbara345

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Super-Sensitive Scanner Gives Cancer Survivors Confidence

This was on a local TV station here in Sacramento. This new scan was just used at UC Davis for the 1st time on a breast cancer patient. Let's hope it will...

This was on a local TV station here in Sacramento. This new scan was just used ...

keepinon

•5 years ago

2 Replies

Definition of Castration Resistant PCA

Can someone tell me what defines mcrPC?

roke

•5 years ago

15 Replies

MR-IGRT, or MRgRT, commercial name MRIdian by Viewray

Anyone having first-hand experience with this image guided RT? For those not acquainted with it, a brief description: "MR image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)...

Anyone having first-hand experience with this image guided RT? For those not acq...

Hidden

•5 years ago

12 Replies

Lupron and itching

I have been on Lupron for almost six years. Recently I have developed itching problems on different parts of my body but mainly in the mid-section. Dry skin...

I have been on Lupron for almost six years. Recently I have developed itching p...

Sandy752

•5 years ago

32 Replies

Axumin - false positives

Newish paper below [1]. "We present 4 cases of patients who underwent F-fluciclovine PET for prostate cancer demonstrating physiologic uptake in the celiac...

Newish paper below [1]. "We present 4 cases of patients who underwent F-fluciclo...

pjoshea13

•5 years ago

1 Reply

REDUCE XTANDI DOSE?

Hello! I’m an 83 year old with 23 years old prostate cancer. I have developed HRPCA, so been on Xtandi and Lupron. My PSA went to undetectable from 16 in four...

Hello! I’m an 83 year old with 23 years old prostate cancer. I have developed H...

JackFoster

•5 years ago

9 Replies

What is the best tapeworm med to go with Xytga

Please help with your experience. Want to add a tapeworm med to my treatment meds. Please tell me which one I tapeworm med I should try to get, and the dose. I...

Please help with your experience. Want to add a tapeworm med to my treatment med...

abmicro

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Repeat Xofigo

Someone recently asked if Xofigo can be repeated. According to this small study, in select patients, toxicity was not increased and time to progression seems...

Someone recently asked if Xofigo can be repeated. According to this small study,...

Tall_Allen

•5 years ago

9 Replies

ore details on degarelix (Firmagon)

After a single dose (120 mg) of degarelix to support my ST-ADT in conjunction with pelvic lymph node IMRT, my Testosterone level is castrate (>20 ng/dl). I...

After a single dose (120 mg) of degarelix to support my ST-ADT in conjunction wi...

MateoBeach

•5 years ago

22 Replies

Have question about drug Talazoparib.

Does anyone have any personal experience with taking Talazoparib alone? Or info or involvement in trial using Enzalutamide and Talazoparib?

Does anyone have any personal experience with taking Talazoparib alone? Or info ...

Parscore

•5 years ago

6 Replies

Decision time on Tuesday morning after progression shown in scans

hi all, My husband has spent the last two months on Zytiga rechallenge after 5 rounds of docetaxel. He has had increased hip and back achiness, not severe...

hi all, My husband has spent the last two months on Zytiga rechallenge after 5 ...

Dalipup

•5 years ago

31 Replies

PSA time to nadir as a prognostic factor of first-line docetaxel treatment in CRPC

New Chinese study below [1]. It's tempting to think of a short time to PSA nadir (lowest point) as being indicative of a robust respose to treatment. (Of...

New Chinese study below [1]. It's tempting to think of a short time to PSA nadir...

pjoshea13

•5 years ago

14 Replies

D-dimer, Radiation & Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation [DIC]

New study below [1]. I have a number of old posts on coagulation/nattokinase /D-dimer. Cancer increases the risk of life-threatening coagulation, as well as...

New study below [1]. I have a number of old posts on coagulation/nattokinase /D-...

pjoshea13

•5 years ago

9 Replies

Decapeptyl be as good as lurpon

Would Decapeptyl injection be as good as lurpon ?

G2779

•5 years ago

2 Replies

Posts - Advanced Prostate Cancer | HealthUnlocked

Advanced Prostate Cancer

All posts for November 2019

Advice on inflammation of the shoulder joints appreciated.

FRustration Rampant... no response re: CT Abd/pelvis & NM bone scan.

Roller Coaster

Post MO Visit Anxiety

New Test Question: 18F-DCFPYL PET/ST and Ga 68

Our Prostate Cancer Hints, Lessons and Comments free to download book is taking shape

Update after oncology visit

Not Qualified For Xofigo

New to hormone therapy

It is open enrollment time for medicare. Things that seem too good to be true?

Update and some guidance needed

Radium-223 Treatment in Castration-Resistant Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Docetaxel Improves Survival in Metastatic Hormone-Naïve Prostate Cancer

Short-Term ADT Combined With Radiotherapy as Salvage Treatment After Radical Prostatectomy

Minor but steady rise in PCA, recurrence?

Integrative Medicine Center? -- Sloan Kettering or Other

Super-Sensitive Scanner Gives Cancer Survivors Confidence

Definition of Castration Resistant PCA

MR-IGRT, or MRgRT, commercial name MRIdian by Viewray

Lupron and itching

Axumin - false positives

REDUCE XTANDI DOSE?

What is the best tapeworm med to go with Xytga

Repeat Xofigo

ore details on degarelix (Firmagon)

Have question about drug Talazoparib.

Decision time on Tuesday morning after progression shown in scans

PSA time to nadir as a prognostic factor of first-line docetaxel treatment in CRPC

D-dimer, Radiation & Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation [DIC]

Decapeptyl be as good as lurpon

Search posts

Pinned Posts

Latest poll

Aware of our online community's impact, resources & support—please consider helping sustain & expand our group. https://malecare.org/donate

Topics

Archive