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Stage 4 prostate cancer in my bones

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 31 11:38am | Replies (9)

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I'm sorry to hear that your cancer has become castrate-resistant, and Keytruda isn't helping. I notice that Keutruda's makers don't list prostate cancer on their web page; are you getting it as part of a research trial? If so, then extra thanks for your participation.
https://www.keytruda.com/how-does-keytruda-work/
With 5 metastases detectable, you're right on the borderline: from my reading, some oncologists will still consider that "oligometastatic" and radiate each metastasis separately (assuming they're far enough apart), while others will consider it "polymetastatic" (high burden) and use a system-wide therapy like chemo or Pluvicto.

I hope the next step goes well for you.

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Reports say Keytruda not effective for PC
Spot radiation after PSMA PET or get approved for Pluvicto which I am getting second injection Nov 19 after Enz, Abiraterone, Chemo 4 sessions Radium 223 over 8 years since radiated out