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Car-t vs regeneron vs Lu177

I had a long conversation with Dr Drake today regarding my treatment options for mCRPC after having failed xtandi and zytiga, and after recently finishing...

I had a long conversation with Dr Drake today regarding my treatment options for...

Rexwaterbury

•5 years ago

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Leonard Cohen talks about death

Leonard Cohen talks about death in this brief video...worth watching “ you’re dying but you don’t have to cooperate so enthusiastically with the process.”...

Leonard Cohen talks about death in this brief video...worth watching “ you’re dy...

Darryl

Partner•5 years ago

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Good results with Apalutamide

I have been on apalutamide for 14 months and my PSA has gone from 4.5 down to 0.14. I have had the usual litany of side effects , I had a lupron shot last...

I have been on apalutamide for 14 months and my PSA has gone from 4.5 down to 0....

rogerwegner

•5 years ago

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Prolactin and Hormone Independent PCa

Very interesting study here. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6578577/?fbclid=IwAR3GVj7LqOti1R I sent it to Ed Friedman as well and he was very...

Very interesting study here. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC657857...

taylor123

•5 years ago

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Lupron and Heart Issues

Does anyone have experience with the following: my now 67 year old husband was diagnosed 5 years ago with Stage IV prostrate cancer, Mets in 5 places, Gleason...

Does anyone have experience with the following: my now 67 year old husband was ...

Snowbird1

•5 years ago

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Casodex and high PSA

I have gone through most of usual suspects of treatments (including all listed in the MDAnderson standard protocol for all stages) the last being NUBEQA which...

I have gone through most of usual suspects of treatments (including all listed i...

Toad1

•5 years ago

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Results out after docetaxel...path forward.Looking for comments.

Just did FDG and PSAM scan after 6 infusions of docetaxel. When compared with the scan in April: - the residual PSMA avid lesion within the prostate shows a...

Just did FDG and PSAM scan after 6 infusions of docetaxel. When compared with th...

bellyhappy58

•5 years ago

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Metformin inhibits mitochondrial adaptations to aerobic exercise training in older adults.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30548390/

6357axbz

•5 years ago

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Greetings of the Season

Wishing all the brave warrior brothers and their supporters a peaceful and joyous Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanza, or whatever they celebrate at this season. May...

Wishing all the brave warrior brothers and their supporters a peaceful and joyou...

Jollyjill

•5 years ago

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A Look into My Heart

I was watching an old movie from Japan About a dinosaur bird on a destructive rampage When the phone rang. It was my friend Jeff, who had lost his family In a...

I was watching an old movie from Japan About a dinosaur bird on a destructive r...

Cisco99

•5 years ago

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Hmm... ADT: Although I may be sexually dead from the waist down (hopefully for the short term), My mind is still active...

My darling wife of 46 years, APPROVED this post! Best

westof

•5 years ago

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Treatment options for my situation

I've had a PSA recurrence of 0.4 at 18 months after RALP & aRT. My Gleason was 9, my PSADT is 1.8 months: 8/10/19: <0.1........8/20/19: 0.1......11/7/19:...

I've had a PSA recurrence of 0.4 at 18 months after RALP & aRT. My Gleason was ...

5_plus_4

•5 years ago

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Biggest misunderstanding people have about prostate cancer

They think it is something happening in your ass. I often tell strangers I have bone cancer -- I do, sorta. To spare them the indelicacy! I wonder if this...

They think it is something happening in your ass. I often tell strangers I have ...

Cisco99

•5 years ago

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For USA Members: The Creating and Restoring Equal Access To Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act passed in both the Congress and the Senate.

The Creating and Restoring Equal Access To Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act passed in both the Congress and the Senate. Create lets a biosimilar or generic...

The Creating and Restoring Equal Access To Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act pass...

Darryl

Partner•5 years ago

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Lupron Shortage

Mayo Phoenix is OUT of Lupron so I received a 6 month shot of Elligard yesterday in the stomach, Is Elligard just as effective??? Anyone else experiencing a...

Mayo Phoenix is OUT of Lupron so I received a 6 month shot of Elligard yesterday...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Even fully funded research can fail to start

What if you raised $2million or more (much more) for a clinical trial or research project, and nobody came? Over 30% of clinical trials and research projects...

What if you raised $2million or more (much more) for a clinical trial or researc...

Darryl

Partner•5 years ago

1 Reply

Abiraterone aka Zytiga. Loading effect time

Well day 3 of minimally ingested 250mg tab. My newest, I said newest Chemo-cancer pharmacist just told me. 1. 2 hours absorption into my body ? 2. ~~ 1 week...

Well day 3 of minimally ingested 250mg tab. My newest, I said newest Chemo-cance...

depotdoug

•5 years ago

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Met in c5 c6 :-(

Now on Olaparib off Xtandi ...psa rose to 4.8. But, met in C5 C6 area is really painful. Pain in my neck, left shoulder, arm and fingers are tingly. Very...

Now on Olaparib off Xtandi ...psa rose to 4.8. But, met in C5 C6 area is really...

Alvin735

•5 years ago

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Lutetium Failure

My brother has had 4 doses of Lu 177. These cleared multiples bone lesions from his body and returned him to good health with a PSA less than 1. Seven months...

My brother has had 4 doses of Lu 177. These cleared multiples bone lesions from ...

AlanLawrenson

•5 years ago

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Beyond PSMA - FAPI theranostics

I usually don't cover diagnostic/therapeutic (theranostic) developments until there is extensive data from clinical trials. Now that we are starting to...

I usually don't cover diagnostic/therapeutic (theranostic) developments until th...

Tall_Allen

•5 years ago

15 Replies

Is anybody using cacao to keep PSA low???

I love cacao + stevia in hot water. No sugar or milk. Just wondering about the effect, if any, on PSA numbers.

I love cacao + stevia in hot water. No sugar or milk. Just wondering about the e...

ck722

•5 years ago

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Flutamide"

New paper from Japan [1]. The antiandrogen flutamide was approved by the FDA for PCa thirty years ago. Bicalutamide had been approved by the FDA a few years...

New paper from Japan [1]. The antiandrogen flutamide was approved by the FDA for...

pjoshea13

•5 years ago

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Questions to ask MO after PSMA and FDG scan

Just done with my docetaxel and MO wanted to get a new baseline. So I did PSMA and FDG scan two days ago. Will be reviewing the results with MO in 12 hours....

Just done with my docetaxel and MO wanted to get a new baseline. So I did PSMA a...

bellyhappy58

•5 years ago

1 Reply

ADT resistant pca

Dad is now ADT resistant. Can I see a hope for his survival. Seeking best treatment in India. Advice please. Only on zoladex. Should tabi be added

Dad is now ADT resistant. Can I see a hope for his survival. Seeking best treat...

Ayra1

•5 years ago

42 Replies

Chemotherapy delivery. Post from the BBC

A British woman has become the first in the world to be treated with a revolutionary new therapy which injects a high dose of chemotherapy into cancer cells....

A British woman has become the first in the world to be treated with a revolutio...

tonmead

•5 years ago

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Melatonin - something I haven't seen discussed here, but it should be..

This is well worth reading. It's rather dense and while non-conclusive on the mechanisms at work - the results are what's interesting. A common "supplement"...

This is well worth reading. It's rather dense and while non-conclusive on the me...

Don_1213

•5 years ago

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My dad passed 12/9/2019

His prostate cancer was responding to the Xtandi. His last PSA was 0.3. He was doing remarkable for a 90 + year old who was diagnosed with prostate cancer...

His prostate cancer was responding to the Xtandi. His last PSA was 0.3. He was d...

ann1919

•5 years ago

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Nightime Incontinence

Had prostate surgery back in Feb. NEVER incontinent at night. Took me 8 months to be 95% continent during the day which I was ok with (I guess). Started...

Had prostate surgery back in Feb. NEVER incontinent at night. Took me 8 month...

keepinon

•5 years ago

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Hooray for Dying

Without it we'd be lazy things, unafraid of what the next day brings. We would put things off today because what's the hurry anyway? Our love would mean...

Without it we'd be lazy things, unafraid of what the next day brings. We woul...

Cisco99

•5 years ago

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Exodus

The forty years of wandering is usually blamed on the faithlessness of the Israelites, setting aside the knowledge that Moses was already 80 when the great...

The forty years of wandering is usually blamed on the faithlessness of the Isr...

Cisco99

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Posts - Advanced Prostate Cancer | HealthUnlocked

Advanced Prostate Cancer

All posts for December 2019

Car-t vs regeneron vs Lu177

Leonard Cohen talks about death

Good results with Apalutamide

Prolactin and Hormone Independent PCa

Lupron and Heart Issues

Casodex and high PSA

Results out after docetaxel...path forward.Looking for comments.

Metformin inhibits mitochondrial adaptations to aerobic exercise training in older adults.

Greetings of the Season

A Look into My Heart

Hmm... ADT: Although I may be sexually dead from the waist down (hopefully for the short term), My mind is still active...

Treatment options for my situation

Biggest misunderstanding people have about prostate cancer

For USA Members: The Creating and Restoring Equal Access To Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act passed in both the Congress and the Senate.

Lupron Shortage

Even fully funded research can fail to start

Abiraterone aka Zytiga. Loading effect time

Met in c5 c6 :-(

Lutetium Failure

Beyond PSMA - FAPI theranostics

Is anybody using cacao to keep PSA low???

Flutamide"

Questions to ask MO after PSMA and FDG scan

ADT resistant pca

Chemotherapy delivery. Post from the BBC

Melatonin - something I haven't seen discussed here, but it should be..

My dad passed 12/9/2019

Nightime Incontinence

Hooray for Dying

Exodus

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