Anyone have experience with Triple (Triplet) Therapy?

Posted by canadaanne @canadaanne, Jan 28 8:18pm

Hello everyone.
I am the wife of a wonderful man who has recently been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer (spread to local lymph nodes and bones). He has started hormone therapy, and the oncologist is recommending triple (triplet) therapy. He has indicated that this has better outcomes.
I am trying to be optimistic, but I am crazy scared.
Does anyone have a positive experience to report with this treatment? I know he is nervous about chemo, having seen people go through it. I understand things have come a long way, and while it's awful, it's nothing like it was years ago.

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Jan 28 8:58pm

Hi, Anne. I think we met in the fediverse (where I use my real name). I'm glad you're here. You'll find lots of existing discussions (and video links) if you search for "triplet therapy" — it's the state of the art right now for treating polymetastatic prostate cancer, so it sounds like your husband has a good, up-to-date oncology team.

Search link:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/prostate-cancer/
I had doublet therapy myself (which is state of the art for treating oligometastatic prostate cancer), and I've been very pleased with the results over the past nearly 4½ years.

I'm sure members who've had triplet therapy will chime in soon.