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

  • AnCan – rick sent · 5:35 PM
    Embr Labs
  • AnCan – rick sent · 6:06 PM
  • Len Sierra sent · 6:19 PM
    Hi Jeff,
  • Gary P sent · 7:05 PM
  • Frank Fabish Columbus OH sent · 7:07 PM
    Thanks guys. Got to go. See you next Tuesday.
  • Geoff sent · 7:17 PM
    Thanks for those private messages to me about being afraid. I can’t seem to reply privately so thanks everyone!
  • Len Sierra sent · 7:18 PM
    According to Dr. Karim Fizazi, Darolutamide was not associated with a higher incidence of seizures, falls, fractures, cognitive disorder, or hypertension than placebo.