Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Sep 26, 2023

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Editor’s pick: PSMA scan miraculously clear but they waited 2+ hours to take it — is it great news or a washed-out scan?

Topics Discussed
Lupron, radiation, and chemotherapy haven’t worked for non-PSMA-avid Vietnam vet who’s now struggling with neuropathy; kidney transplant complicates a choice between surgery and radiation; five years of ADT success despite multiple bone mets — due for a drug holiday?; metastasis is gone in his new PSMA scan — but maybe they bungled it; time to scale back from monotherapy to nothing?; check your urine before depending on calcium supplements or they might not work; Bayer won’t help pay for darolutamide — what are my options?

Chat Log

Jim B · 6:31 PM
Hello David!

AnCan – rick · 6:37 PM
Sumit Shah is a GU med onc

Jim Marshall, Alexandria, VA · 6:41 PM
Am Vietnam Vet. Marshall-James@comcast.net 703-338-7341 and a 100% Disbaled Vet

Joel Blanchette Reston, VA · 7:01 PM
Paller Channing

Matt Krieger · 7:06 PM
For Boykin, what makes a protastectomy less likely to cure, is it the evidence of vesicle invasion?

Matt Krieger · 7:09 PM
Thank youm and this sounds familiar, my nomogram had a lower likelihood of cure with protastectomy than what Boykin’s sounds like.

Jim Marshall, Alexandria, VA · 7:26 PM
Sounds like a Bone Scan is in order to find out if the Bone Meds are still active. Jim

Jim Marshall, Alexandria, VA · 7:28 PM
Abby for 5 years, 13+ months Holiday and Testosterone took 10 months to begin to recover. Then it was 113, 33, 134.

Boykin Jordan – Springfield, VA · 7:29 PM
What is oktehome?

Jim Marshall, Alexandria, VA · 7:29 PM
Castrate you like they do bulls.

Gary P · 7:29 PM
orchietomy

Jim Marshall, Alexandria, VA · 7:30 PM
Goodbye the family jewels.

Gary P · 7:30 PM
orchiectomy

Boykin Jordan – Springfield, VA · 7:30 PM
I got it now. Thanks!

AnCan – rick · 7:32 PM
https://www.prostatecentre.com/about-…

Kirt Schaper · 7:39 PM
PYLARIFY® (piflufolastat F 18) Injection Fluorine F 18 decays by positron ,(β+) emission and has a half-life of 109.7 minutes

AnCan – rick · 7:40 PM
Elimination Half-life: 3.47 hr Excretion: Urine (~50% [first 8 hr post dose])

Kirt Schaper · 7:41 PM
elimination half-life is the length of time required for the concentration of a particular substance (typically a drug) to decrease to half of its starting dose in the body

David Muslin · 7:43 PM
Very smart to measure the time waiting and checking name on pee cup. Good lesson for us all.

AnCan – rick · 7:43 PM
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW 18F IMPROVES IMAGE CLARITY PET/CT with 18F has higher sensitivity and better resolution than PET/CT with 68Ga, potentially facilitating more accurate interpretation and reporting of disease assessment16 18F has a longer half-life than 68Ga (110 minutes versus 68 minutes), allowing for more widespread availability as well as more convenient and flexible scheduling for patients and staff3,17 https://www.pylarify.com/pca-imaging

Bob McHugh · 7:45 PM
My PLY scan at Mtg. Sinai was performed at 76 minutes,

Unknown · 7:49 PM
Thanks all!

Unknown · 7:57 PM
Thank you, Rick, Dr. John, James M. , and everyone! I look forward to participating next week.

Jeff G · 8:15 PM
Since I started eating tofu daily and recently started soy isoflavones, my hot flashes are gone

Jeff G · 8:16 PM
IsoRel 200 mg daily ( isoflavone)