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Blood transfusion vs. IV Iron ??

What’s the difference and is it true once you get a blood transfusion you have to keep getting them ?? My Dads MO wants to do IV iron instead of blood...

What’s the difference and is it true once you get a blood transfusion you have t...

savingdaddy

•4 years ago

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Treatment of Nonmetastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer With Darolutamide

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The results of this placebo-controlled randomized trial show that darolutamide was associated with improved overall survival at 3 years...

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The results of this placebo-controlled randomized trial show t...

Balsam01

•4 years ago

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Pet Scan result

Hi all hope your keeping well, my Pet Scan revealed just the one spot on my Spine L2 my Onc said So I am guessing that is good my Onc is sending me for higher...

Hi all hope your keeping well, my Pet Scan revealed just the one spot on my Spin...

Chubby42

•4 years ago

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Update on SM-88

Anyone here on this trial?...

mistersafety

•4 years ago

1 Reply

How did my dad get so sick so fast? Treatment emergent metastatic small cell cancer of the prostate.

Hi everyone. Unfortunately, our world has been turned upside down. My father has recurrent prostate cancer that seemed to be well controlled with ADT, but in...

Hi everyone. Unfortunately, our world has been turned upside down. My father h...

FuriousGeorge

•4 years ago

29 Replies

Well I finally got my 15 minutes of fame.

Good day gentlemen. As some of you may know I am involved in a phase 1 clinical trial. Harpoon at OHSU. I finished my 3rd infusion and was anxiously awaiting...

Good day gentlemen. As some of you may know I am involved in a phase 1 clinical...

Costarica1961

•4 years ago

87 Replies

update on falling platelets

so after blood work it is not due to Lovenox shots. one more down few more tests to go.

so after blood work it is not due to Lovenox shots. one more down few more tests...

redbank

•4 years ago

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Received results today from Axumin scan performed last Thursday. They plan to start me on ADT with radiation in 8 weeks. Thoughts welcome.

Any feedback you have is welcome. IMPRESSION: 1. Fluciclovine PET/CT with no definite signs of local or distant prostate cancer recurrence. 2. Focal uptake...

Any feedback you have is welcome. IMPRESSION: 1. Fluciclovine PET/CT with no de...

searchingtom

•4 years ago

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Jevtana beats 2nd-line hormonals as 3rd therapy on pain relief and QOL

There was an update to the CARD trial that proved Jevtana was more effective than 2nd line hormonals (Zytiga or Xtandi) in its oncological effectiveness when...

There was an update to the CARD trial that proved Jevtana was more effective tha...

Tall_Allen

•4 years ago

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It is all about attitude not cancer

Attitude, attitude, attitude – to me attitude is everything, if you feel crappy well that’s your attitude, if you feel great that is also your attitude. The...

Attitude, attitude, attitude – to me attitude is everything, if you feel crappy ...

Urunstoppable

•4 years ago

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Zytiga and liver

Taking zytiga 1000mg with prednisone. lft's after 6 weeks almost 10 × upper limit normal. Down now to two times uln and MO wants me to start back on 750 mg....

Taking zytiga 1000mg with prednisone. lft's after 6 weeks almost 10 × upper limi...

Altamonttt

•4 years ago

27 Replies

searching for a specific study/aggressive approach

hello, again. first of all thank you all very very very much for helping me and my father navigate through all of this. I can't imagine these last three months...

hello, again. first of all thank you all very very very much for helping me and ...

TheTopBanana

•4 years ago

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Chemo

Men that are on chemo, how many times did you get infections or was hospitalized?

Men that are on chemo, how many times did you get infections or was hospitalized...

Mamabakes994

•4 years ago

15 Replies

Starting chemo tomorrow. What can we expect?

Thanks to all who have answered my other post the last few days I really appreciate all of you. Now on to chemo. My dad starts tomorrow on Docetaxel. What...

Thanks to all who have answered my other post the last few days I really appreci...

Weezer513

•4 years ago

27 Replies

Gratitude

I read a post this morning that I find very disturbing a very negative approach to treatments and to life It recently dawned on me men women children and...

I read a post this morning that I find very disturbing a very negative approach ...

Bodysculpture

•4 years ago

14 Replies

My father has extreme pain in his legs

Hi all. Just enquiring about leg pain, my father is stage 4 with bone mets and having extreme pain in his legs (mostly at evening/night). He does go to work...

Hi all. Just enquiring about leg pain, my father is stage 4 with bone mets and ...

Weezer513

•4 years ago

45 Replies

Masking while exposed to COVID infection, can be protective through "variolation"

This can be very important: An analysis of available evidence shows that getting infected with a "low viral load" of COVID-19 virus, because one is wearing an...

This can be very important: An analysis of available evidence shows that getting...

MateoBeach

•4 years ago

2 Replies

Provenge

Thursday I will be getting my venous access so I can start Provenge. Have been on Zytiga and a clinical trial with Xtandi. PSA is up to 18 Does anyone...

Thursday I will be getting my venous access so I can start Provenge. Have been ...

Peterd110

•4 years ago

43 Replies

Education, Income and Risk of Cancer

New Norwegian study below [1]. Consistent with numerous studies, education was seen as a risk factor for PCa. I have always assumed that increased education...

New Norwegian study below [1]. Consistent with numerous studies, education was s...

pjoshea13

•4 years ago

26 Replies

Lu-177 continue or not ?

Hi all Want some good advice for Lu-177 continue or not ?: I been for 3 x Lutetium 177 with the normal German protocol, infusion every 4 weeks, even if the...

Hi all Want some good advice for Lu-177 continue or not ?: I been for 3 x Luteti...

bjornbar

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Free-PSA Ratio after Biochemical Recurrence

New study below [1]. Some might recall the use of the free-PSA ratio to cut down on unnecessary biopsies. "The risk of cancer increases if the free to total...

New study below [1]. Some might recall the use of the free-PSA ratio to cut down...

pjoshea13

•4 years ago

6 Replies

Update 2: Chemo (docetaxel) + hormonotherapy

Hi everyone, So, last Friday, 9/11, my father did a blood collection and a bone scan (scintigrapgy). In the previous week, he had a CT scan (we still don't...

Hi everyone, So, last Friday, 9/11, my father did a blood collection and a bone...

JNunes

•4 years ago

16 Replies

Experimental CAR-T is among the first cell therapies to target a solid tumor—an enemy that was once considered too difficult to tackle with

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/from-natural-killer-cells-to-off-shelf-car-ts-biopharma-targets-cancer-next-gen-cell?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkRFNU0yTXpNREZtWkdOa

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/from-natural-killer-cells-to-off-shelf-car...

fmenninger

•4 years ago

7 Replies

Can lack of exercise raise PSA?

Since COVID began and gyms closed, I have had a lot less exercise. I had been going 3-4 times each week at least 1 hour each time, with cardio and weight...

Since COVID began and gyms closed, I have had a lot less exercise. I had been g...

HopingForTheBest1

•4 years ago

24 Replies

Hmm... Myelodysplastic syndrome??

Had a phone conference with my MO today. And... I've been on lupron for 2 years and Zytiga and pred since 4/19. My WBC went from an average of 4.2 to 3.7...

Had a phone conference with my MO today. And... I've been on lupron for 2 years ...

westof

•4 years ago

75 Replies

PCa Awareness month pix

Hello, I'm posting pix of men taken by d*mn PCa😭 for the rest of this month on my social media Please msg me if you would like me to place someone on there...

Hello, I'm posting pix of men taken by d*mn PCa😭 for the rest of this month on ...

dockam

•4 years ago

2 Replies

Interpreting DECIPHER test results?

I have just been informed my DECIPHER test results are in and they are mailing them to me. I don't have an appointment to review them with my doctor until the...

I have just been informed my DECIPHER test results are in and they are mailing t...

JPnSD

•4 years ago

14 Replies

Xtandi available for the cost of my shipping to a US postal address

I have 40 or so 40mg Xtandi pills that I will not use. Expiration 8/2022. First person willing to pay around $15 for shipping via FedEx to a US address...

I have 40 or so 40mg Xtandi pills that I will not use. Expiration 8/2022. Fi...

nyjoe

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Vitamin D levels

I have been keeping my Vitamin D level above 80 for over 5 years now. Sometimes it hits 100, once it hit 127, but then I back off and try and keep it around...

I have been keeping my Vitamin D level above 80 for over 5 years now. Sometimes ...

dagreer

•4 years ago

24 Replies

clinical trial UK

Husband diagnosed with APC in 2017 aged 49 yrs. Been through chemo, casodex, abiterone. PSA now rising after 10 months on Xtandi. Oncologist has suggested he...

Husband diagnosed with APC in 2017 aged 49 yrs. Been through chemo, casodex, abi...

Jojoberries

•4 years ago

11 Replies

Posts - Advanced Prostate Cancer | HealthUnlocked

Advanced Prostate Cancer

All posts for September 2020

Blood transfusion vs. IV Iron ??

Treatment of Nonmetastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer With Darolutamide

Pet Scan result

Update on SM-88

How did my dad get so sick so fast? Treatment emergent metastatic small cell cancer of the prostate.

Well I finally got my 15 minutes of fame.

update on falling platelets

Received results today from Axumin scan performed last Thursday. They plan to start me on ADT with radiation in 8 weeks. Thoughts welcome.

Jevtana beats 2nd-line hormonals as 3rd therapy on pain relief and QOL

It is all about attitude not cancer

Zytiga and liver

searching for a specific study/aggressive approach

Chemo

Starting chemo tomorrow. What can we expect?

Gratitude

My father has extreme pain in his legs

Masking while exposed to COVID infection, can be protective through "variolation"

Provenge

Education, Income and Risk of Cancer

Lu-177 continue or not ?

Free-PSA Ratio after Biochemical Recurrence

Update 2: Chemo (docetaxel) + hormonotherapy

Experimental CAR-T is among the first cell therapies to target a solid tumor—an enemy that was once considered too difficult to tackle with

Can lack of exercise raise PSA?

Hmm... Myelodysplastic syndrome??

PCa Awareness month pix

Interpreting DECIPHER test results?

Xtandi available for the cost of my shipping to a US postal address

Vitamin D levels

clinical trial UK

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