Any hope for aggressive metastatic prostate cancer?

Thanks for finding and posting this video with Dr. Lucia Nappi, senior research scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre and a clinician scientist medical oncologist.

She does a good job of explaining preclinical studies and the process of human studies from phase I to III (and there's also a phase IV). She speaks of several new approaches currently in laboratory and mice trials, and early human trials that offer hope for future treatment options.

I had aggressive prostate cancer show up in July I was already on hermonal therapy psa was .04 they put me on chemotherapy it that’s probably what is coming good luck 🙏

After 3 yrs it met to L2 spine Had it radiated and put on Zolodex injections every 3 mos 2 yrs later now added Xtandi or Enzulutimide 4 easy swallow pills a day Just added Xgeva injections to move calcium into bones

Its working Look into it and targeted radiation

also study https://seer.cancer.gov/statistics-network/explorer/application.html?site=66&data_type=1&graph_type=2&compareBy=stage&chk_stage_106=106&hdn_rate_type=1&hdn_sex=2&race=1&age_range=166&advopt_precision=1&advopt_show_ci=on&hdn_view=0&advopt_show_apc=on&advopt_display=2#resultsRegion0

@hairbrain, what treatment options for prostate cancer are being suggested now? Are you also getting treatment for CML or active surveillance?

Thank you for responding, my oncologist informed me yesterday that I have months left. I am still positive, refusing to take hormone therapies, been through enough. The side effects do not warrant living longer to be miserable. My CML is in remission thanks to the generosity of Novartis and their Tasigna.

They say that “hope lives eternal”!! For those of us battling this disease, many for years, this is our mantra!
May God bless and care for us all!

Stop it

Get on Zolodex injections every 3 mos 2 yrs later now added Xtandi or Enzulutimide 4 easy swallow pills a day Just added Xgeva injections to move calcium into bones

It works No big side effects Tired a bit but this side of the grass for 5 more plus they say then other plans 78

@hairbrain, I can understand your choice of quality over quantity of time. My dad made a similar choice choosing to stop chemotherapy (colon cancer, not prostate).

Have you discussed palliative care with your team?

Thank you, yes , we are working on palliative care now.

You might appreciate this related discussion:
- Palliative Care: What is it? How do I get it? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/palliative-care-1/