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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 4 10:06am | Replies (59)Comment receiving replies
That's a wonderful post! When I was first diagnosed with stage 4 in 2021 at age 56, they told me I had a *very* long shot at maybe living to 65 since I was young and there was just one (big) metastasis, but virtually no chance for 70, and also that I'd likely see progression in the next couple of years when my cancer became castrate-resistant.
Fast forward to 2024. I turn 60 this fall and have had zero progression so far (thanks, Apalutamide!). They're no longer giving me an arbitrary time limit. I know 70 might still be a stretch goal with current biotech, but I no longer feel like it's an impossible dream with so many new treatments in the pipeline. Heck, I haven't ruled out 90 yet.
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I did my quarterly blood work this morning, and had my ultrasensitive PSA result online less than 2 hours later. Still undetectable (< 0.01). 🎉
As I've mentioned before, next month is my 3 year anniversary of a stage 4b oligometastatic PCa diagnosis, so it's great to know the spinal debulking surgery, radiation, ADT (Orgovyx), and ARSI (Erleada) are still doing their job.
But it's also good to know that if they weren't, I have a *lot* of other treatment options these days, as others have kindly shared from a bit further along the journey. Prostate cancer treatment in 2024 is a defense in depth: every time the cancer fights its way across one fortified line, it runs smack into another one ready to stop it.