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I am also 75 and thank you for letting me know about what they shared with you.

My oncologist (who I met for the first time by referral ) did not mention any clinical studies going on at our facility (and seemed to indicate that I would not fit into the protocol for a clinical study) and I asked about studies and if the treatment would be any different if I was to go to Sloan Kettering , which of course is a major cancer center. He said that the treatment would be the same because our hospital is tied in with Sloan and cases are shared so protocols are the same. He said they have been using the Janssen drug since 2018 "when experience showed much greater results with the combination with Eligard" So for 4 years that has been their protocol of using both.
Thank you again for your input. Let's keep talking....I see him on March 7 to get put on it I guess. He was working with my Medicare and supplemental to get coverage I think from what he said.

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Things could have been different for me as UCLA hospital is a teaching hospital and all of my doctors are also professors at UCLA. My doctor brought about 10 med students to my hospital bed to view old tummy and my pecker and catheter. Modesty is a thing of the past. I did not
mind but it was a first such display for me.