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Advanced Prostate Cancer

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Is Xofigo a good option for extensive skeletal mets?

I finished my Docetaxel treatments after five of six rounds. They decided agains...
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Anxiety

Had my last PSA test 3 months ago Docataxal 6 infusions and 3 monthly hormone s...

My 5k peaceful gathering for PCa Awareness month💙

Hey gang, Hosted an in person walk with about 33 dental patients/friends on S...
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Prednisone withdrawals? Cold turkey...How bad can it be?

How would one feel if one forgot to take their daily steroid (10mg) for around ...
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How do you handle Prednisone weight gain?

The weight gain and the increase in appetite being on Prednisone and when I was ...

Olaparib (Lynparza) adds 4.4 months to survival among men who have the BRCA mutation

An update of the PROfound trial proved the benefit in radiographic progression-f...
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Methylprednisolone acetate with Lupron

Hubby has had four successful shots of Lupron ( 1 every 6 months) for prostate c...
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Lupron and xtandi

Just went for our checkup since. Feb lupron 6 month shot lowerd his psa from 400...
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Olaparib

Olaparib, is this drug our new hope? I recently read some interesting things abo...
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is Fenbendazole for real?

Hello, Has anyone here tried fenbendazole in metastatic prostate cancer? is it f...
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What Tx options after resistance to Xtandi?

Hi, My dad (74yo) has developed resistance to Xtandi after 1year of success. now...
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ESMO 2020: Local Therapy to the Primary Tumour for Newly Diagnosed, Oligo-Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Prospective Randomiized, Phase II,

75% at 54 months radiographic progression free survival vs control of 45% at 54...
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ESMO 2020: Two-pronged attack using new targeted drug could treat ‘addicted’ prostate cancers

https://www.icr.ac.uk/news-archive/esmo-2020-two-pronged-attack-using-new-target...
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Hang in there -- its happening

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/iocr-e2b091820.php The innovativ...
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Follow-up scan and other stuff

I was supposed to have my 6th and last Docetaxel infusion today. It was canceled...
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Provenge cell harvesting failure

Had immune cells harvested, sent to lab, told insufficient cells collected. This...
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Duration for Salvage Radioteraphy after RP

Hi Guys, I guess it may vary from person to person, but in general, how long (d...
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Provenge

My husband, Jim, has been on Zytiga since May 2019. His PSA started rising in D...
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Nonmetastatic, Castration-Resistant ProstateCancer and Survival with Darolutamide

Darolutamide offers OS advantage without serious negative side effects. https:/...
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Psa

My husband has been on Zytiga Since Sept 1st . His PSA came down two points. Sho...
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Testosterone replacement therapy reduces biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy -- March 2020

https://bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bju.15042 Results:...
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Between Radium 223 infusions 5 and 6....fishy

Got this one yesterday solo. It had a tracking device that the fish checker took...
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Metformin may delay PCa progression.

More from ESMO 2020: https://www.mdedge.com/hematology-oncology/article/228803/g...
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Lynparza & BRCA1, BRCA2 or ATM-mutated cancer Survival.

From ESMO yesterday: "Last year at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ES...
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Metformin protective against PCa in diabetic patients.

New Canadian study (some US involvement) below [1]. "2,332 diabetic men were inc...
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Congrats Darrell on reaching 11,000 MaleCare members.

Maybe not an exclusive club anyone really wants to qualify for but thanks so muc...
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Proton Therapy after Robotics and PSA

Radiologist advised against proton radiation therapy because his last PSA was <....
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Patients with Zytiga

should I continue to have patience with Zytiga and prednisone after two months o...
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What next??

Hello. Brand new here! Diagnosed with Stage 4, Gleason 9 PCa during TURP surgery...
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Prostate cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

virtually every stage and treatment option with test results etc is listed 6/202...
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