Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Jan 17, 2022

This was the second of our meetings where we reported on the PCF Retreat back in Oct/Nov. Session 2 can be heard at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoFWeGbeGUA, and you can learn about everything from exercise to how your gut microbiomes may impact prostate cancer treatment.

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Editor’s Pick: Variant disease is much on my mind, and two of our guys who are likely variant, need help this week. (rd)

Topics Discussed

de novo MX currently under control; Dr. Morgental debunked; treatment controls PCa but not sciatica; cabazitaxel stabilizes disease at PSA of 120 – but is this the right Tx; just turned mCRPC so whats next for likely variant situation; abscopal effect; Provenge and 2nd line HT drugs; docetaxel as a long term option; choose a collaborative GU med onc as your QB; more Provenge – how important is tumor burden; is Quercetin something we need to know about?

Chat Log

Mark Perloe, MD Atlanta (to Everyone): 6:06 PM: Wanted to share that Northside Hospital in Atlanta has recently started Pylarify PET scans and has announced that they will have ViewRay MRI-LINAC

AnCan – rick (to Herb Geller): 6:24 PM: any abi or enz???

Peter Monaco (to Organizer(s) Only): 6:24 PM: Surprised he would get a drug holiday with bone mets present…

Robert McAleese (to Everyone): 6:43 PM: sorry I have to leave for a family emergency

AnCan – rick (to Len Sierra): 6:51 PM: Len – has cabazitaxel been shown to be non-inferior to docetaxel

Julian Morales-Houston (to Everyone): 7:03 PM: www.hopkinsconsults.org – Dr Epstein

Carlos Huerta (to Everyone): 7:04 PM: FYI, Mayo in Phoenix is now doing the PYL PET scan.

Stephen Saft (to Everyone): 7:05 PM: “Thanks for the link to Jonathan Epstein.

Len Sierra (Private): 7:06 PM: Not sure they were ever trialed Head to Head. But cabazi is only approved for 2nd line taxane where docetaxel failed. Of course, docs can prescribe off-label.

Joe Gallo (to Everyone): 7:07 PM: FYI also. Fox Chase CC in Phila is now enrolling for PSAM PET PYL

Carlos Huerta (to Everyone): 7:07 PM: I have to go. Thanks for the summaries.

Joe Gallo (to Everyone): 7:07 PM: PSMA 🙂

AnCan – rick (to Len Sierra): 7:08 PM: K …… I don’t think it is any less effective than docetaxel

Stephen Saft (to Everyone): 7:08 PM: Thanks to Joe Gallo. I knew what you meant.

Chick Lindsay (to Everyone): 7:12 PM: I need to leave tonight’s meeting. Thank you for making the time for me tonight. Thanks for the presentations, and the updates. Chick

Frank Fabish (to Everyone): 7:17 PM: Guys got to leave. This sciatica is killing me.

Len Sierra (to Everyone): 7:21 PM: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33451978/ This is a Phase 2 study of Provenge with or without Xofigo in mCRPC. Conclusion was that the combo was superior to Provenge alone. Bonus finding: PSA50 decline was seen in 31% of patients vs. 0% in monotherapy.

Stephen Saft (to Everyone): 7:48 PM: I am going to say thank you and good night.

Gregg (to Everyone): 7:49 PM: Thanks much everyone. Have to leave. Gregg Nolting.

Mike Phillips & Tomi (to Everyone): 7:49 PM: These are the links: https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/or.2015.3886 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6001031/

Michael Chandler (to Everyone): 7:53 PM: Thank you all, best health.

Len Sierra (Private): 7:54 PM: Seems to be in-vitro studies only, but is interesting. Not in the clinic.

Herb Geller (to Everyone): 7:55 PM: Those papers are not from NIH. They are from research groups in China and Atlanta. They are very basic science papers. Quercetin has been the subject of investigation for some time.

Mike Phillips & Tomi (to Everyone): 7:55 PM: Thank you!

Cal Van Zee (to Everyone): 7:56 PM: logging off now. Positive throughts to everyone.

AnCan – rick (to Everyone): 8:01 PM: https://ancan.org/cancer-caregivers/

Julian Morales-Houston (to Everyone): 8:02 PM: thanks – another great informative discussion! See you next week.

John Birch (to Everyone): 8:06 PM: !Thanks everyone!

George Rovder, Arlington VA (to Organizer(s) Only): 8:06 PM: Thank you Herb, Rick, and all the leaders.

Stan Friedman (to Everyone): 8:07 PM: have a good night. stay safe.

AnCan – rick (to Everyone): 8:07 PM: Pleasure George