Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Feb 19, 2024
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Editor’s Pick: ‘Anxious’ surveillance during IHT… & unconventional RNL treatment (rd)
Topics Discussed
darolutamide achieves undetectable status after many years; should he radiate L4 – ask his QB!; PSMA scans at low PSA levels; intermittent hormone therapy requires active surveillance… and anxiety for some; Ac225 Tx in Austria followed by Ac225+Lu177 and a PARP with no HRR mutation; another Gent remains undetectable; no evidence of PCa from scans but inferior blood counts; Newbie at the back end – 20 year survivor finally requires 2nd line anti-androgen
Chat Log
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AnCan – rick
sent: 6:34 PM
D’Amico article https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.22.02489
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Jim Marshall, Alexandria, VA
sent: 6:47 PM
Even though I have been on Treatment Holiday for 21 months I still get my PSA and testosterone blood test every month. I feel like I am then proactive. jim Marshall
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Jerry Grimes, Brighton, MI
sent: 6:55 PM
Hey all, gotta run. All the best!
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Peter Kafka – Maui
sent: 7:08 PM
With all this movement in the nuclear medicine field, are there specialized Nuclear Oncologists now working at Centers of Excellence or is much of this being managed by GU Med Oncs or Radiation Oncs?
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Len Sierra
sent: 7:09 PM
Peter, in many instances, nuclear medicine specialists are used.
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Len Sierra
sent: 7:19 PM
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is the European Union’s (EU) equivalent to the FDA. The EMA is a decentralized agency located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that evaluates, supervises, and monitors the safety of medicines for humans and animals in the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA). The FDA and the EMA work together to streamline efforts, share best practices, and promote human and animal health.
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Len Sierra
sent: 7:40 PM
From Johns Hopkins: Blood cells are made in the bone marrow. The bone marrow is the soft, spongy material in the center of the bones. It produces about 95% of the body’s blood cells. Most of the adult body’s bone marrow is in the pelvic bones, breast bone, and the bones of the spine.
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AnCan – rick
sent: 7:58 PM
Xtandi likely has the worst side effects