Stage 4 Metatasized to Bones- Anyone at 10 years?
For an otherwise healthy male, are there those of you that are still around for 10 years? I'm recently diagnosed and at 7 months...my Urologist said I have maybe 4 years, but then I see others out there are still around at 10 years...Is everyone different?
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Plan for 4 years hope for 10 years. It is somewhat imprecise. Good Luck. I got the same project toons 30 months ago
Good for you! Love to hear that story. Johns Hopkins individualizes treatment and is on the cutting edge. I had vey limited metastatic disease and had Chemo, radiation to T8 and pelvis, Darolutamide and ADT for one year. PSA undetectable. MY JH MO plans to follow PSA and when (if!) gets to 0.1, image with PSMA PET and radiate any detectable mets +/- 3 months of ADT. Sounds like a plan. At initial consult he said I should only consider MO/Medical Centers that individualize treatment.
I start first one minute injection Wednesday Radium 233
https://www.healthline.com/health/prostate-cancer/radium-223-for-prostate-cancer
https://www.healthline.com/health/prostate-cancer-prognosis-life-expectancy-bone-metastases?slot_pos=article_3&utm_source=Sailthru%20Email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=cancercare&utm_content=2024-01-30&utm_term=s:hl_n:cancercare&apid=&rvid=bb1eae2f35916c1f0f383cc46053ca8a110a0657e125948dea0d990208a5d64d
Thanku and god bless him 🙏
Thank you first one minute injection of Radium 133 tomorrow at CVH
Radium 223 for Prostate Cancer: Benefits and Side Effects (healthline.com)
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/metastatic-cancer/treatment/radiotherapy/radium-223#How%20You%20Have%20Radium%20223
Just took the injection Easy no side affects
Get on Radium 223 No side effects Zyofigo 6 injections 4 weeks apart takes 5 minutes and go home
https://www.healthline.com/health/prostate-cancer/radium-223-for-prostate-cancer#procedure
My husband is currently on this regimen. He’s thru 4 of the 6. It is palliative only for him - intended to reduce the size of the tumors to prevent spontaneous fractures & thereby improve quality of life. The cost - covered by VA - is $50,000. per infusion. I did some research & found just the vial of the Radium is almost $30,000. The balance is the associated costs. I don’t know what folks without insurance coverage do.