Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Apr 25, 2023

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Editor’s pick: After surgery, 15% of prostate beds are…what, exactly? (bn)

Topics Discussed

Is PSA uptick to 0.155 ripe for PSMA PET?; Keytruda patience paying off; the sweat is real as he sweats out a decision on longer ADT; bad liver enzymes on Pluvicto plus apalutamide — whodunit?; invisible on PSMA PET, he’s starting darolutamide and hoping for the best; how loved ones benefit from your germline test; doubting and defending murky claim that “15% of recurrence is in prostate bed”; PSA uptick is tiny but he hopes to be proactive; docs disagree on more radiation after PSA rise; getting genetic testing in Canada.

Chat Log

AnCan- rick · 6:38 PM Dr. Channing Paller https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/channing-paller

AnCan- rick · 6:42 PM AnCan’s link for Promise https://www.prostatecancerpromise.org/?utm_campaign=ANCAN&utm_medium=link&utm_source=Webinar

Erwin Zoch · 7:17 PM I’m not sure if this is applicable to the question re. recurrence in the prostate bed, but my recurrence is currently confined to the prostate gland per PSMA PET and MRI scans.

Erwin Zoch · 7:22 PM Thanks for the info. I have to leave for an appointment.

Stan Friedman· 7:42 PM Good night, everyone. It’s my birthday today and have a dinner date with my wife.

AnCan- rick · 7:47 PM Mark – here’s Schweizer’s presentation https://ancan.org/special-presentation-meds-a-potential-new-path-to-keep-men-on-as/

Mark Baldridge (Seattle area) · 7:48 PM Thank You

AnCan- rick · 8:00 PM Dr. Vapiwala https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g333/p2009716

Henry · 8:02 PM Regarding Allen C., did I hear correctly that a biopsy is expected? If so, could a genomic analysis drive tx decisions?

AnCan- rick · 8:03 PM Zelefsky http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctor/michael-zelefsky

AnCan- rick · 8:17 PM https://www.foundationmedicine.ca/

AnCan- rick · 8:19 PM 888-650-4835

Julian – Houston · 8:20 PM Thanks for the discussion.