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Shelf life of systemic therapy

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 15 6:49am | Replies (8)
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@nparadisum

So I just completed my first month of suppressive therapy (Lupron and Erleada) and my PSA went from 2.9 ng/mL
to .02 ng/mL , a dramatic change in a short time. While I'm pleased at the results, I'm not naive enough to think that this trend will go on indefinitely. Let's see where the numbers are in six months and then in a year.

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Mar 30 10:23am

Congrats — that's an extremely-promising result.

It's wise to stay cautious, and everyone's reaction will be different, but my PSA dropped from 67.9 before I started ADT + Erleada in October 2021, to 11.6 in November, to < 0.01 in February 2022 — all before the radiation to my prostate — and hasn't budged since.

That doesn't mean I'm not nervous every 3 months before my bloodwork, but the Erleada (Apalutamide) really seems to be doing its job so far.

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