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Stage 4 Metastatic - what to expect after 6 months
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@canadaanne
Recent studies have found that treating the prostate in very aggressive cases has no benefit. Long-term progression free survival did not change.
Over at ancan.org Weekly online advanced prostate cancer meetings they have been recommending treating the prostate to everybody for years. When this came out about six months ago, they changed their tune and no longer recommend it with serious cases like your husband’s.
Ask your doctor about it. It may make sense, it may not. Has the treatment he has already had eliminated the need for it?
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@jeffmarc
I have no idea - he has one more round of chemo at the end of May.
As far as I know, they will do radiation if he has any painful metastasis going forward.
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@jeffmarc - Hey Jeff...Can you point me in the right direction to the studies that concluded that treating the prostate in very aggressive cases has no benefit? I have an appointment coming up with my GUO and thoroughly enjoy discussing stuff like this with him. Most times he already knows but sometimes I catch him when he's behind on his reading and surprise him. Those are always fun moments. Last happened during our Pluvicto vs TP53 discussion last year. Love the look on his face when I catch him on something new. Just a bit of a game we play.