Apalutamide

My dad was recently diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer with diffuse bone metastases (March 20th). He met with his oncologist at Sloan Kettering on March 23rd and received his first hormone treatment (Degarelix). His PSA has already dropped from 189 to 23.89, and he had his second hormone treatm

Pfizer's PAXLOVID has done a lot of good and sales exceed $22 Billion this year. But if the costs are not covered by government it is costly ($500+ for a course of treatment) and there are health warnings. Sorrento's Mpro should be far cheaper (it is far less costly to produce) and it appears no

Hi, my father was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer last year, he went under radiation for lesions on his spine that were causing spinal cord compression and he got OK from this. His initial PSA score was 560 which after Hormonal therapy reduced first to 11 and then to 2 again reported 2 and

Hi Reddit community, thanks so much for taking the time to read my post. My Dad (71) was diagnosed with Stage 4 PC in Sep 24. He was responding really well to treatment until recently, when the doctor noticed something strange on his scan. He developed severe back pain in Feb/March, and it turned

First of all, hello to everyone, and I wish all prostate cancer patients a prompt recovery. I want to summarize my father’s prostate cancer course step by step, because we’ve received very different opinions from different doctors and I’d like objective input. **Initial diagnosis** * Pathology: Pros

I recently started using rezvilutamide to treat prostate cancer, and I wanted to come here to share and hear from others who may have similar experiences. My doctor explained that rezvilutamide is a newer androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor. Its mechanism is similar to enzalutamide and apalutamide, mai

I have small metastatic prostate cancer and I have been on Zoladex for androgen deprivation therapy for six months. Things go as well as can be expected, my PSA is 0.03, down from 4.5 six months ago. I am leaning towards adding the androgen-receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI) darolutamide (rather than

My onc wants me to start apalutamide. Interested in feedback from users. This is in conjunction with Zoladex Implant (goserelin)