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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 19 12:30pm | Replies (15)

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@jeffmarc

I know a lot of people that have had Pluvicto and the results are all over the place. It works well with 1/3 of people, mediocre with 1/3 of the people and not at all with 1/3 of the people.

Most people just have a few problems with it and can go through the full six sessions. Some people can only take one or two sessions without serious side effects and they either have to stop or have a reduced amount of Pluvicto combined with a change to the schedule to match what the person can handle.

One thing to know is that it does not work for everyone and that with people with certain genetic problems It is very ineffective. You should have both genetic testing and somatic testing done to see if there are genetic issues you have that will cause issues. Somatic testing is done on the blood or tissue, Genetic (hereditary) testing is done through a spit tube (or blood) and there’s even a way to get it done free but it does take about three weeks to get the results. If you have BRCA2 it tends to work a little better. If you have the genetic problem of RB1 or PTEN it probably will not work at all. That’s why you want to get genetic testing before doing it.

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Thank you, Jeff. The radiation oncologist did mention the 1/3, 1\3, 1/3 statistics. My husband had the genetic testing but not the BRCA2. I will ask about that again, though.
I did ask about somatic sequencing and he said that might be done later. Maybe that is the same as BRCA2. I will ask.