Editor’s Pick – Low PSA with high volume metastasis (rd) + successful treatment for ‘young’ man with de novo metastatic disease

Topics Discussed

de novo Mx with low PSA; clinical trial conflicts; biopsy sample from primary vs. Mx tumor; relevance of bone density tests; young de novo Mx man finds successful treatment; debulking the primary; when the end may not be the end!; bone biopsies; testing for PSMA avidity; PSMA scan availability in Covid times; testosterone swings; shipping delays for abiraterone; specialty pharmacies; what is the ‘doughnut’ hole?; abscopal/immuno effect from RT

Chat Log

scott (to Everyone): 5:05 PM: is this link the same link for all meetings?

Ken Anderson (to Everyone): 5:06 PM: scott yes this is the same meeting room

scott (to Everyone): 5:07 PM: 100 degrees isn’t fun…

Dell Jensen (to Everyone): 5:38 PM: Both Lupron and Docataxel

Dell Jensen (to Everyone): 5:43 PM: Rick is correct, treating the primary is critical

scott (to Everyone): 5:48 PM: is docetaxyl an infusion or a pill?

Dell Jensen (to Everyone): 5:48 PM: infusion

Ken Anderson (to Everyone): 5:49 PM: infusion once every three weeks

scott (to Everyone): 5:49 PM: do you do docetaxyl if the Zytiga I am on isn’t working?”

Ken Anderson (to Everyone): 5:49 PM: you can for sure do both at the same time…

scott (to Everyone): 5:51 PM: does the docetaxil have hard side effects?

Dell Jensen (to Everyone): 5:51 PM: osteoporosis is a result of ADT treatment

Dell Jensen (to Everyone): 5:51 PM: I definitely concur

Dell Jensen (to Everyone): 5:52 PM: my side effects were minimal, infections were my problems.

Ken Anderson (to Everyone): 5:52 PM: all chemo has side effects.. doce has some for sure and all are post on the web.

scott (to Everyone): 5:53 PM: thanks ken

Peter Kafka (to Everyone): 5:54 PM: I had a specialized genetic test from MIRA labs that gave me a risk assessment for developing a grade 2 or greater adverse reaction to PD1/PDL1 agent therapy.

Russ Smith (to Everyone): 6:28 PM: Good night all. It’s been a long day.

scott (to Everyone): 6:31 PM: is david muslin head of answer cancer foundation?

Len (to Everyone): 6:35 PM: No, Rick is head of AnCan

scott (to Everyone): 6:36 PM: I sent a donation to ancan fdn in honor of rick and have heard nothing

Len (to Everyone): 6:36 PM: It will be acknowledged soon, if in fact they received it properly.

scott (to Everyone): 6:37 PM: thanks…just want to make sure rick is honored by donation

scott (to Everyone): 6:39 PM: is speaking freely 8 pm az time?

Rich Jackson (to Everyone): 6:43 PM: Speaking Freely starts at 8pm EST.

scott (to Everyone): 6:43 PM: thanks

Rich Jackson (to Everyone): 6:43 PM: Same connection as this call.

scott (to Everyone): 6:53 PM: who is the gentleman now speaking?

Dell Jensen (to Everyone): 6:53 PM: Correia

Dell Jensen (to Everyone): 6:55 PM: Are there other compounding pharmacy?

Dell Jensen (to Everyone): 6:57 PM: I have local one that is in Rock Island, IL