Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Sep 4, 2023
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Editor’s pick: Five of our Regulars wrestle with recurrence this week; and one more is his own best advocate to get a scan(rd)
Topics Discussed
Eminent internist handles Gleason 4+5 diagnosis well; recurrence points to doublet therapy; abiraterone can result in cardio/BP issues; innovative GU med onc addresses lung spots with switching meds before trying RT; Gent finds his own NIH trial to his doc’s chagrin; T. flows back well post Orgovyx; PSMA scan shows oligoMx recurrence – AnCan reassures anxious Gent; with too many lesions, spot RT may yield to chemo; finally feeling better post prednisone; enzalutamide makes another man dizzy; doc agrees on FDG PET for concordance with PSMA but shies away for Payer reasons; neuroendocrine blood markers; Jimmy G remembers Jimmy B. – and Gent shares his Merkel Cell history.
Chat Log
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AnCan – rick sent · 5:35 PMEmbr Labs
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AnCan – rick sent · 6:06 PMEmbr link https://embrlabs.com/
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Len Sierra sent · 6:19 PMHi Jeff,
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Gary P sent · 7:05 PM
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Frank Fabish Columbus OH sent · 7:07 PMThanks guys. Got to go. See you next Tuesday.
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Geoff sent · 7:17 PMThanks for those private messages to me about being afraid. I can’t seem to reply privately so thanks everyone!
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Len Sierra sent · 7:18 PMAccording to Dr. Karim Fizazi, Darolutamide was not associated with a higher incidence of seizures, falls, fractures, cognitive disorder, or hypertension than placebo.