Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Sep 18, 2023
AnCan is grateful to the following sponsors for making this recording possible: Bayer, Foundation Medicine, Pfizer, Janssen, Myriad Genetics, Myovant, Telix & Blue Earth Diagnostics.
AnCan respectfully notes that it does not accept sponsored promotion. Any drugs, protocols or devices recommended in our discussions are based solely on anecdotal peer experience or clinical evidence.
AnCan cannot and does not provide medical advice. We encourage you to discuss anything you hear in our sessions with your own medical team.
AnCan’s Prostate Cancer Forum is back (https://ancan.org/forums). If you’d like to comment on anything you see in our Recordings or read in our Reminders, just sign up and go right ahead. You can also click on the Forum icon at the top right of the webpage.
All AnCan’s groups are free and drop-in … join us in person sometime! You can find out more about our 12 monthly prostate cancer meetings at https://ancan.org/prostate-cancer/ Sign up to receive a weekly Reminder/Newsletter for this Group or others at https://ancan.org/contact-us/
Editors pick: Great session … lots to choose from but benchmark for adrenal markers pre-abi just beats out Adverse Events! (rd)
Topics Discussed
More MRI’s required; risks if any from gadolinium; 2nd opinions on PSMA scan at Fred Hutch; two treatments – which brought success?; metformin – yes, no or ???; tiny changes in ultra sensitive cause anxiety; when to intervene on IHT; soy isoflavones recommended pre- radiation; two sides of anti-oxidants; BPH treatment prior to PCa radiation; best Tx combination for high risk Dx; successful switch to darolutamide; reporting Adverse Events; lazy adrenal gland survives post-prednisone wean; pembro doesn’t show result after 2 sessions – what next?
and here’s the link to the webinar he did for us https://ancan.org/webinar-active-surveillance-and-beyond-continuing-the-conversation-on-mpmri-with-dr-antonio-westphalen/
From the abstract …. The results suggest that soy isoflavones taken in conjunction with radiation therapy could reduce the urinary, intestinal, and sexual adverse effects in patients with prostate cancer.
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Sep 12, 2023
AnCan is grateful to the following sponsors for making this recording possible: Bayer, Foundation Medicine, Pfizer, Janssen, Myriad Genetics, Myovant, Telix & Blue Earth Diagnostics.
AnCan respectfully notes that it does not accept sponsored promotion. Any drugs, protocols or devices recommended in our discussions are based solely on anecdotal peer experience or clinical evidence.
AnCan cannot and does not provide medical advice. We encourage you to discuss anything you hear in our sessions with your own medical team.
AnCan’s Prostate Cancer Forum is back (https://ancan.org/forums). If you’d like to comment on anything you see in our Recordings or read in our Reminders, just sign up and go right ahead. You can also click on the Forum icon at the top right of the webpage.
All AnCan’s groups are free and drop-in … join us in person sometime! You can find out more about our 12 monthly prostate cancer meetings at https://ancan.org/prostate-cancer/ Sign up to receive a weekly Reminder/Newsletter for this Group or others at https://ancan.org/contact-us/
Editors pick: His growing prostate tumor causes pain, but he’s “too old” for treatment. (bn)
Topics Discussed
At the end of his treatment road, a spirited Carl Forman speaks to us from home hospice — “it’s almost like a spa”; prostatectomy at age 49, recurrence at 58, now on ADT and feeling “like a Mack truck hit me”; PSA stops creeping higher and stands still; high fever, swollen groin keep returning — is it his artificial sphincter?; radiology report suggests he’s developing MS — why’d medonc say nothing?; growing tumor causes prostate pain, but docs keep ruling out treatments; a month after ADT, testosterone is up tenfold; managing uncharacteristic low spirits after surgery; safe to walk the streets near Penn?; weighing a 20% fracture risk from spine radiation against the benefits; Myovant sold; mutations spring up out of nowhere in new somatic report; update on AnCan’s Great Nonprofits ranking; we’re no stranger to palliative care.
Chat Log
AnCan – rick · 6:12 PM
Forman – over 5 years… Sep 2018
Unknown · 6:17 PM
Carl Forman carl.forman@gmail.com
AnCan – rick · 6:35 PM
Gents – please be aware that AnCan has spoken often about end-of-life options and hospice.
AnCan – rick · 6:38 PM
We actually had an amazing session with Prof Bill GRHS that I think is accessible on our website. I will see it.
AnCan – rick · 6:56 PM
Prof Bill Burhans GRHS discusses hospice and end-of-life https://ancan.org/20064-2/ …..
AnCan – rick · 7:20 PM
cabazitaxel (Jevtana) vs docetaxel (Taxotere)
Alan Babcock · 7:21 PM
I have another meeting. See y’all next wek.
AnCan – rick · 7:24 PM
Suprapubic catheter is a tube above the prostate to the bladder that exits to a bag.
Len Sierra · 7:46 PM
Prostate-Specific Antigen Level at the Time of Salvage Therapy After Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer and the Risk of Death Derya Tilki , MD1,2,3; Ming-Hui Chen , PhD4; Jing Wu, PhD5; Hartwig Huland, MD1; Markus Graefen, MD1; Osama Mohamad , MD, PhD6; Janet E. Cowan , MA7; Felix Y. Feng , MD6; Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH7; and Anthony V. D’Amico , MD, PhD8
AnCan – rick · 7:48 PM
Tx Len
Neil Sundstrom · 7:50 PM
someone is breathing heavily and it is hard to hear. Please mute
AnCan – rick · 7:50 PM
It’s John Kish who is speaking
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Sep 4, 2023
AnCan is grateful to the following sponsors for making this recording possible: Bayer, Foundation Medicine, Pfizer, Janssen, Myriad Genetics, Myovant, Telix & Blue Earth Diagnostics.
AnCan respectfully notes that it does not accept sponsored promotion. Any drugs, protocols or devices recommended in our discussions are based solely on anecdotal peer experience or clinical evidence.
AnCan cannot and does not provide medical advice. We encourage you to discuss anything you hear in our sessions with your own medical team.
AnCan’s Prostate Cancer Forum is back (https://ancan.org/forums). If you’d like to comment on anything you see in our Recordings or read in our Reminders, just sign up and go right ahead. You can also click on the Forum icon at the top right of the webpage.
All AnCan’s groups are free and drop-in … join us in person sometime! You can find out more about our 12 monthly prostate cancer meetings at https://ancan.org/prostate-cancer/ Sign up to receive a weekly Reminder/Newsletter for this Group or others at https://ancan.org/contact-us/
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.
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.
AnCan and The Marsh (well renown, long-established theater company with a large following in the Bay Area and venues in San Francisco and Oakland) collaborateevery 4th Wednesday of the month for Solo Arts Heal!
Are you ready for a jam packed show full of storytelling, life advice, laughter, and tears? Well, Geneva Norman will bring it to you.
Geneva is a Chicago-based storyteller and has been a student and actor at The Goodman Theatre, 2nd Story, Free Street Theater, About Face Theatre, The Looking Glass Theatre, and many others. The Goodman Theatre recruited her to be in their first cohort of storyteller teaching artists. She is also a vocalist, songwriter, musician, and music arranger. She has performed throughout Europe, including, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Poland, France, Spain, etc. She has performed with musicians along the west coast of Africa, traveling south along the Atlantic coast to South Africa, and in 47 of the 50 United States. She wrote the locally popular “Obama Vote Song” in 2007. She is the lead vocalist of the Geneva Convention Band and the G2 band. She has arranged many pieces of work throughout her career and is currently the creator and executive producer/director of “The Aretha Project- Chicago Tour”. Geneva comes from a musical family, notably the late Betty Wright, John Legend, and Kool and the Gang.
In her professional life, Geneva has served in progressive roles in clinical healthcare as a nurse, a nurse practitioner, and as a physician. She has survived her own serious health care issues and been a caregiver within her own family. She studied with Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, who developed the theory of the five stages of grief. At Northwestern University, Geneva serves as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion vice chair for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She is also a proud mother and grandmother.
Geneva told the story of how she, an upper middle class, non-user of recreational drugs, became a pharmaceutical product development chemist/chef for her unsuspecting, streetwise husband.
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Aug 21, 2023
AnCan is grateful to the following sponsors for making this recording possible:
Bayer, Foundation Medicine, Pfizer, Janssen, Myriad Genetics, Myovant, Telix & Blue Earth Diagnostics.
AnCan’s Prostate Cancer Forum is back (https://ancan.org/forums). If you’d like to comment on anything you see in our Recordings or read in our Reminders, just sign up and go right ahead. You can also click on the Forum icon at the top right of the webpage.
All AnCan’s groups are free and drop-in … join us in person sometime! You can find out more about our 12 monthly prostate cancer meetings at https://ancan.org/prostate-cancer/ Sign up to receive a weekly Reminder/Newsletter for this Group or others at https://ancan.org/contact-us/
Editor’s pick: Giving medical advice vs providing information (as AnCan does)… it’s a delicate balance that one Gent doesn’t want to hear. (rd)
Topics Discussed
docetaxel + Pluvicto trial; PALB2 actionable; spot RT to L4; need a GU med onc NOT uro at SF-VA; FDG scan largely confirms PSMA; coming off prednisone; ACTH test; KP Maui gent needs Dr. Harzstark for IHT discussion; soursop/graviola may help but talk to HCP; post Pluvicto, check concordance; using metformin; blood counts; healthy prostate tissue may muddy the waters; 7 years on abi carries risk of morphing – but Gent doesn’t want to her that; time for IHT??; PSA testing frequency Chat Log
Chat Log
Jim Marshall, Alexandria, VA sent · 5:24 PM
ATM was another mutation which got thrown into the mix.
Joe Gallo sent · 5:31 PM
Webinar: PARP-Inhibitors and Prostate Cancer – Gotta Have a Mutation??? by Alexa Jett | Jul 1, 2023 | Recent News, Webinars https://youtu.be/DErm2tkTiws
