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Can anyone share their experience with Pluvicto?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 15 2:02pm | Replies (52)Comment receiving replies
No. I had previously elected to NOT have chemotherapy because it made no sense to me to kill off everything and hope that the good came back faster than the bed.
When I first discovered Pluvicto I lobbied my oncologist for months to give me that treatment, but his hands were tied by the (then) FDA requirement that a person had to have had chemotherapy before qualifying for Pluvicto. I wanted it because, unlike chemotherapy, it was a treatment that targeted only the cancer cells. After many months of frustration on my part the requirement for chemotherapy began to loosen up. I am one of the few patients in the first wave of receiving Pluvicto without having previously had chemotherapy.
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Like you, I was admitted to the Pluvicto plan wthout having chemo first. Same reasons you expressed.
I had my second injection last Thursday, 09 May. I brought my geiger counter along and had the Physicist check it out. At his suggestion, I also measured the radiation of the injection syringe - at the tip, it measured about 150 mR/h and along the sides (it is inside a water-filled cylinder) it measured about 50 mR/h. I thought you might find that interesting.
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My 85 year old dad had his first Pluvicto treatment on May 14 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. He has not had chemo either as he dr felt he was not a candidate for it due to his weakened condition. Please post about your experience with Pluvicto as your treatment progresses.