Nubeqa is not given by injection. You are probably getting ADT by injection. Lupron or Eligard ADT Has three month shots.

If you were on ADT, and Nubeqa your PSA should stay undetectable. If it does not, there is a problem, unless you’ve only had radiation, it doesn’t always hit the bottom If you had radiation.

If your PSA stays undetectable for six months or more, your oncologist, may consider letting you stop getting the ADT injections and Nubeqa. If you are an Gleason eight or nine, however, you may need to stay on the drugs for 18 months to 2 years, For the least chance of remission.

if you are on Nubeqa it can Keep most patients undetectable, even without the ADT drug. But it is better to go with both drugs if you are new to treatment.

If you stop treatment with the drugs, then you can get PSA tests to see if the cancer comes. back.