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Advanced Prostate Cancer

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Did the Prostate Biopsy Pick Up What the MRI Missed? Or was it a Newer Developed Lesion

Back at the end of March (2024) I had an MRI which according to my urologist indicated 2 suspect areas he called "lesions." Two months later, at...

Back at the end of March (2024) I had an MRI which according to my urolog...

•27 days ago

Prediction of Resistance to 177Lu-PSMA Therapy by Assessment of Baseline Circulating Tumor DNA Biomarkers

https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/64/11/1721 ”Taken together, despite these limitations, the role of ctDNA as a biomarker for response when using...

https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/64/11/1721 ”Taken together, despite these l...

•27 days ago

What Is the Mechanism of Action for GcMAF?

I recently read an article about an enzyme called "nagalase" that's produced by cancer cells to inhibit the activity of macrophages and other...

I recently read an article about an enzyme called "nagalase" that's prod...

•27 days ago

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Extreme responses to immune checkpoint blockade following bipolar androgen therapy and enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate...

Extreme responses to immune checkpoint blockade following bipolar androgen thera...

•27 days ago

Question for Oncologist

Tall_Allen, if you are around, I would especially appreciate your thoughts…….my husband, Dave is still on Lupron/Zytiga/Pred for M1a pc. only in a few...

Tall_Allen, if you are around, I would especially appreciate your thoughts…….my ...

•27 days ago

When to start treatment to ward off breast enlargement. Is it always necessary?

Gleason eight. Started orgovyx 1 month ago and imrt last week.

Gleason eight. Started orgovyx 1 month ago and imrt last week.

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•27 days ago

Fatigue and Pluvicto

Hi All. Last Tuesday, 28 May, I had my fourth infusion of Pluvicto. Did okay during isolation. Friday I went to an appointment and then did a little swimming....

Hi All. Last Tuesday, 28 May, I had my fourth infusion of Pluvicto. Did okay du...

•28 days ago

Pre-approvals under Medicare

I have regular Medicare plus a supplement and Part D. I'm just starting to research this, but figured many of you have already dealt with this issue. Does...

I have regular Medicare plus a supplement and Part D. I'm just starting to resea...

•28 days ago

Have you done Cabazitaxel before Docetaxel?

If you did Cabazitaxel before docetaxel, then let me know what your experience was like. I know Cabazitaxel comes after Docetaxel. Recent publish...

If you did Cabazitaxel before docetaxel, then let me know what your experience...

•28 days ago

Tall Allen

Everything Tall Allen has written on this site is exhaustively researched, clear, concise, and extremely helpful. What an asset he is.

Everything Tall Allen has written on this site is exhaustively researched, clear...

•28 days ago

Hot Flashes

Centrum is advertising a number of products that reduce hot flashes in post menopausal women. Are any of these effective for those of us on ADT ?

Centrum is advertising a number of products that reduce hot flashes in post meno...

•28 days ago

How is the second generation ADT like xtandi , zytiga etc decided ?

What determines which second line ADT will be given to whom ? I see there is zytiga , xtandi , nubeqa and others. Is it just left to the MO to decide ?

What determines which second line ADT will be given to whom ? I see there is z...

•28 days ago

Diarrhea caused by Zytiga or EBRT Radiation?

First, I want to thank everyone for responding to my question regarding fatigue due to radiation and/or Zytiga. My husband just finished 28 treatments of EBRT...

First, I want to thank everyone for responding to my question regarding fatigue ...

•28 days ago

I just updated/summarized my profile

Hello, I am done updating my profile, and for the sake of lengthiness, I've also summarized it as best as I can. I know it won't be perfect, no one is perfect,...

Hello, I am done updating my profile, and for the sake of lengthiness, I've also...

•28 days ago

Which studies show Degarelix safer than lupron for heart ?

I was trying to find studies online which show , as some say , that antagonists like Degarelix are safer than agonists like lupron for the heart but am unable...

I was trying to find studies online which show , as some say , that antagonists ...

•28 days ago

QoL be here awhile, ain't going nowhere. PSA/T update

https://youtu.be/TOeefy2v5sc?si=jkRpBWtTS-pszP1n Well, what a long *ss day it was, but I completed the 28 miler up here on my 67th bday, the Big Bear event...

https://youtu.be/TOeefy2v5sc?si=jkRpBWtTS-pszP1n Well, what a long *ss day it w...

•28 days ago

Hope for future cures

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/1/154 Some good reading on glucose related to various cancers. As we know, solid tumors consume around 200 times more...

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/1/154 Some good reading on glucose related to...

•29 days ago

Time to adjust my course, any suggestions?

Psa is on a steady increase again. I was taking extandi for a year up until 11 /23 over that yr my Psa had dropped from 29, 11/22 to 1.4 ,11/23. I was having...

Psa is on a steady increase again. I was taking extandi for a year up until 11 /...

•29 days ago

Tall Allen

We should all be very grateful to him for sharing his knowledge and wisdom and guidance for those who have questions about their cancer diagnosis and...

We should all be very grateful to him for sharing his knowledge and wisdom and g...

•29 days ago

zoladex vs lupron ?

are lupron and Zoladex the same efficacy-wise ?

are lupron and Zoladex the same efficacy-wise ?

•29 days ago

Lupron plus Xtandi Vs lupron plus xtandi plus chemo - survival ?

Are there any studies which show survival or treatment efficacy rates comparing triplet therapy Vs just lupron and xtandi/zytiga

Are there any studies which show survival or treatment efficacy rates comparing ...

•29 days ago

Is there an "oligometastatic state" for prostate cancer (but not in breast cancer or lung cancer)?

The concept of an "oligometastatic state" is that there exists an early stage where metastases are few in number and are in some way different from metastases...

The concept of an "oligometastatic state" is that there exists an early stage wh...

•29 days ago

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