Abiraterone

Powers love to talk about "DHT mutants", for transwomen with a high DHT despite good or high doses of E, and sometimes proper AA treatment too, with either normal, low, or very low T ; for which he thinks the prevalence is like 1/30: /r/DrWillPowers/comments/jbbcbi/today_i_saw_the_worst_dht_mutant_i

Late 60s man with a history of Gleason 8-9 prostate cancer dx in 2018 s/p radical prostatectomy 2018, salvage radiation early 2019, was on ADT for 1 year following that with undetectable PSAs until mid-2022 (0.3). Doubling time around 2 months I think, with local mets to a single LN. Went back on AD

I wanted to post an update about how things are going as well as info on my "lessons learned" so far. The post is long but I hope this information will help someone else. I was diagnosed with a GS 9 (4+5) on May 9th, 12/12 cores positive. Imaging (CT, bone scan and PSMA PET scan) showed lymph nod

It was exactly 1 year ago that I got my first elevated PSA test that started my prostate cancer experience (I don’t like to say “Journey”). [Details in my comic.](http://burnscomic.com) Since then, I had another PSA test (still elevated a month later), a pelvic MRI (showing pi-rads 5 areas), then a

Hi friends, Firstly thank you to everyone that responded to my original post, it was not only comforting but you shared some really good links to reference material. https://www.reddit.com/r/ProstateCancer/s/r9N5l1EXLb PET Scan Results - Unfortunately my PET scan showed that the cancer has spread in

My dad 73 was diagnosed around 2 years ago, with a gleason of 9, stage 4 and spread to his bones. He was treated with a triple therapy approach of ADT, Docetaxel and Abiraterone. 6 session of Docetaxel in 2022. His PSA started rising 3 months ago and he’s having pain in his hip. There is a lesion th

My story starts six months ago at age 52 with a biopsy after TURP surgery. The TURP was performed after I had issues with emptying my bladder and urgency. Blood tests showed a PSA of 1.16 and digital exams were normal. A urodynamics test showed my bladder was performing normally. All of the tests

Powers has some "issues" with the "price" of abiraterone: > A $10000 a month drug that nobody will have access to. Fortunately, our most excellent /u/kirbyofdeath_r has found a practical solution: > i checked on alibaba and you can outright buy the powder in the kilograms for what, $100 (or as