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Is this normal on ADT? Body hair gone
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Thanks for that info. Do you have a link to the study?
I'll mention it to my RO on Monday, but even before seeing the study I'm guessing it's far too early to talk about causation; it probably detected a small-but-statistically significant correlation that would need to be investigated further. I'd also have to know the type(s) of PCa where they found the apparent correlation (advanced or early? non-metastatic, oligometastatic, or high-load metastatic? etc).
The only relevant study I could find with my own web search was one about using Apalutamide to *treat* neuroendocrine cancer successfully, which shows how tricky it can be drawing conclusions from isolated studies.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11157388/
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The new model 4o of ChatGPT (mostly free) can be a really useful tool for researching (and explaining research). Some caveats, it can be wrong.
This has some links to two studies.
https://chatgpt.com/share/66ed8713-2a70-8013-a364-b0ba96ccf81a
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The first time I said it was possible to get neuroendocrine cancer. The second time I didn’t say possible it is not a definite thing
The two people I know that recently have had neuroendocrine cancer were not offered apalutamide, it was not a treatment. Continued platinum chemo was one treatment, but not real successful.
There are 2 studies going on which have some promise. One guy I know is trying to get into a study but his health is poor. The other study is only treating women right now, with breast cancer.
The other guy I know died.