3 ways to know if your prostate cancer treatment plan is failing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มี.ค. 2022
- In this video there are 3 ways to know if you are having an adequate response to your prostate cancer treatment plan.
Dr. William Stiles, board certified Urological Surgeon, Osteopathic Physician, Men's Health Expert and functional medicine trained doctor educates men about various prostate conditions, including prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), chronic prostatitis, interstitial cystitis, erectile dysfunction, hormones, and whole body optimization.
Estimated one in seven men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. An estimated 220,000 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. Prostate cancer can be a complex issue for the patient and his family to understand. There are many treatment options for prostate cancer including surgical removal of the prostate, external beam radiation (IMRT / SBRT), proton beam therapy, cryotherapy, hormone treatment, chemotherapy, focal treatment, and even not immediately treating prostate cancer for low risk cases (Active surveillance). Early detection of prostate cancer is important. Most prostate cancers are detected when the cancer is still contained within the prostate gland, but some cancers are advanced and have moved outside of the prostate gland (metastatic). Each person with prostate cancer has their own unique conditions and situations that can affect treatment decisions going forward. Cancer staging radiographs (CT scan, bone scan, PET scan, MRI, etc) are often done by the urologist that performed the prostate biopsy to assess for spread of cancer outside of the prostate.
Regardless, of the treatment you choose for prostate cancer, optimizing overall health and wellness is an important part of any successful treatment plan.
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The Prostate Coach and Dr. William Stiles does not provide medical advice. The content available in our videos, on our website, or on our social media handles do not provide a diagnosis or other recommendation for treatment and are not a substitute for the professional judgment of a healthcare professional in diagnosis and treatment of any person. We intend to provide educational information only. The determination of the need for medical services and the types of healthcare to be provided to a patient are decisions that should be made only by a physician or other licensed health care provider. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you have regarding a medical condition.
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Only just found this on TH-cam, an excellent clear guide to this topic, it definitely pays to get all the information you can on your specific diagnosis and generally about prostate cancer, it will empower you, thank you Doctor stiles
Thank you Carl
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Absolutely !!!
When my prostate was removed my PSA was undetectable for about 6 months, then ticked up a little. My urologist then put me on lupron and/or eligard. That brought my PSA back to undetectable -- for a while. Eventually, my PSA started to slowly rise (as bone scan revealed my cancer was metastatic and in my bones) and my urologist put me on erleada (in addition to lupron/eligard). My PSA then became undetectable for a about a year, then started to tick up over two 3 month periods of PSA testing. My urologist then sent me to an oncologist that started me on taxotere chemo based on a PSMA PET scan. My baseline PSA was 0.49. After three taxotere chemo cycles my PSA had risen to 1.59. When I went for my 4th taxotere cycle (and PSA blood work) my oncologist told me that when I come back in for my 5th chemo cycle, that if my PSA (taken on the day of my 4th chemo cycle) is still rising he would put me on another type of chemo, then set me up to see another oncologist that can administer Lutetium 177 infusions every 6 weeks.
Lots of treatment options, even for metastatic prostate cancer. Thank you for sharing Walt.
Pluvicto (Lutetium 177) only costs about $250,000 wholesale price for those 6 infusions and is not a cure. Check the effect on sinuses.
What was your original Gleason score and T stage if you don't mind me asking?
@@derekgb3780 My urologist took 12 prostate gland biopsies. I think my Gleason score numbers were 7 and 8s and that I had an aggressive form of prostate cancer. My PSA (while on taxotere) finally rose to 4.65. I've been on Jevtana now for six cycles. Two cycles ago my PSA had dropped to 3.1. My oncologist plans to keep me on jevtana as long as my PSA keeps dropping. I had been experiencing some bone pain throughout my right hip. My radiologist-oncologist hit me we a one-time shot of radiation in my right hip, and now I have no pain. My problem now is that I have heavy blood in my urine. My urologist had me take a CT scan which couldn't reveal the source of the blood. Now I will have to have a cystocopy to find out the source of the bleeding.
@@1royalpalm Wishing you all the best from the UK. Had mine removed January this year so still uncertain times ahead for me.
Do you recomend MRI instead of CT scans to detect bone lesions outside the afected prostate?
Have you ever talked about TOOKAD VTP therapy. The FDA shot it down in 2020, but I believe it’s done, to a smaller degree, in Europe. Any opinions. Do you know of more resent trail outcomes. Thanks Doc.
I am not aware of the results of TOOKAD VTP.