Hormone therapy drugs for prostate cancer

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Avatar m tn As you may know there is no permanent cure for advanced prostate cancer (yet). Radiation will slow down progression as will hormone therapy and chemo but none will cure advanced prostate cancer. To maximize my chances I have had hormone therapy (Lupron & Casodex for 6 mos) combined with radiation therapy (38x IMRT sessions at 180 units/day) and will start chemo therapy (75 mg Taxotare, 8x sessions, 3 weeks apart) in about 2 weeks.
Avatar m tn 9 so I went through radiation with hormone therapy for seven weeks. PSA went down to .01, after the hormone treatment. Follow up appointments were made, the latest PSA was 2.9 in April 2011, My oncologist said that the PSA reading is too low to be concerned with. I also had bone scan, MRI done and they found 5mm size growth in my pelvic area. My oncologist told me that he wants to see me in August for evaluation. I am concerned about the rising PSA.
Avatar m tn There are several options for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. These can be stratified into two general categories, hormonal therapy and chemotherapy. It is important to clarify that no treatments can cure advanced prostate cancer. The goal of these treatments is to control the spread and related symptoms. Hormonal therapy, in broad terms, aims to limit the effect of testosterone in driving the spread of prostate cancer. Thank you for your question.
Avatar f tn He’ll prbly end up having to go on hormone therapy to keep the cancer at bay. It doesn’t kill the cancer, it just makes it kind of ‘dormant’ & slows the spread, but can keep men alive for many yrs. The big issue is preventing it from spreading into the bones. There may be some new treatments coming in the next couple of yrs that would be more on the ‘curative’ side, so delaying the spread is worth doing until these more ‘curative’ therapies become available.
Avatar f tn My radiotherapy ended on 16th of December for Prostate cancer. During Radio Therapy (IMRT-Intensity modulated radio therapy) several times doctors asked me whether I am having stomach pain or not? But at that time I had only experienced mild pain from time to time. If you are also under hormone therapy (LHRH) you always have gastric irritation and due to that you experience stomach pain unless you take anti acidity pills. Did they give radiotherapy to abdomen area and nodes also?
Avatar n tn In cases as such adjuvant therapy is recommended and consists classically of Radiation therapy (RT) to the prostate bed where the cancer is expected to be most often, and Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Classically PCa starts spreading locally (surrounding tissue: prostate bed and bone ) and through the blood to the lungs and liver. Ash Tewari, MD http://www.cornellroboticprostate.org This forum is for information only.
Avatar n tn Scans and MRI indicate cancer has spread outside the prostate to the left seminal vesal. However, a biopsy did not show cancer in seminal vesal. Doctor says the continued elevated PSA indicates cancer is "somewhere" and hormone therapy will be the next step.
278424 tn?1240950444 i received radiation therapy for p c ten years ago and they did not get all of the tumor.for the last three years i have been treated by a d t.i have blood tests every 2 months to track my psa.this is done by injection of trelstar and orally with bicalutamide.the trelstar is slow release every three months up to nine months.at that time it is stopped and when my psa reading hits ten the process is repeated. my last reading was below 0.4.
Avatar n tn At this point, discuss the options with the physician. Medications ( chemotherapy and hormone therapy) may be given first prior to radiation therapy or when surgical therapy fails to bring down PSA levels.
Avatar m tn I’m not surprised - I’ve seen studies on recurrent prostate cancer (rising PSA after prostate cancer surgery or radiation) that used Finasteride along w/
Avatar m tn Unfortunately, as you have surmised, this is not good news at all - once prostate cancer has metastasized into the bones, it’s not curable. However, there are now a number of new drugs (as well as hormone therapy) that can kind of keep the cancer at bay for awhile. Only his Dr can tell you what his prognosis is, and if he sounds kinda vague about it, that’s cause it’s very hard to predict how a patient responds to treatment.
Avatar m tn I am under Hormone Therapy right now, i.e One tab daily + Eliguard Injection (Equivalent to Zoladex). Usual course for Hormone Therapy is only 2 years. After that it becomes ineffective.Have you monitored the PSA during therapy? Hormone therapy is just an evasive procedure to slow down the cancer so that other methods have time to act. Your other questions can only be answered by your doctor. I am 64 and went through radiation for my prostate cancer (Gllison Score 8). After radiation PSA is 0.
Avatar n tn Lymph nodes clear. After surgery had mammosite. Should I do hormone therapy? I also had ovarian cancer 2 yrs. ago. Stage 1A also. Doing well here. Took chemo for OV. and left me with aching legs and joints. The hormone therapy has so many side affects. The drugs suggested for me are Arimidex or Raloxifene. Is there anyone that does not take hormone therapy and is still doing well with no recurrance?
Avatar m tn My father was just diagnosed with Prostate cancer. 22.5% total involvement. Gleason score of 8, PSA is 10. He is starting radiation treatment right away. A bone scan and CT is being booked. More than likely one day next week. The doctors have suggested hormone therapy and radiation as opposed to removing the prostate/surgery. They say it is because of his age. Is the surgery a better chance at improvement/length of life than radiation and hormone therapy?
Avatar f tn Likewise, the definition of hormone refractory prostate cancer should not be understood in absolute terms, but rather as a continuum of events related to hormone responses. I think it is important to continue watching the PSA, getting regular scans, and watching for the symptoms of systematic disease (i.e. bone pain). A clinical resources you can be found here: http://www.mskcc.org/applications/nomograms/prostate/HormoneRefractory.aspx Thank you for your question.
Avatar n tn I had prostate surgery by Robotics this past February. I have been on Hormone therapy for the last 5 months. I completed Radiation Therapy 1 month ago. When my Prostate was removed the left nerve bundle was spared and the right one was infected. Everything else looked good and nothing else was infected.
Avatar m tn It is believed that artificially raising the testosterone levels (by taking supplements) can trigger some prostate problems, even prostate cancer. The mechanisms are not clear but for the case of cancer, it is said that suddenly higher testosterone, at levels the orgasnism is not accustomed to, can awaken dormant cancerous cells that otherwise could remain inactive and harmless.
Avatar f tn I have been told from the start that with a lumpectomy I would need radiation. I found out later about the hormone therapy. I want to know if this is standard of care for my situation. I had a 1cm lump including DCIS and ILC. My margins were 6mm, 1cm, 5cm, 6cm. The ILC was in a linear pattern and low nuclear grade. 4 of 4 nodes were negative for cancer. I am ER+ 100% and PR+ 90%. I am HER2 negative. I was told my cancer was caught very early and I should be OK.
Avatar n tn The significance would also vary depending on the situation. For definitive (meaning curative, for those men with prostate confined disease) interventions, then the desired post-op or post radiation values would be undetectable. If the values are still detectable, then it may represent failure of the intervention. Or it may mean metastatic disease that was not found before the intervention. Hence, the surgery on your husband didn’t seem to control the disease.
5681515 tn?1372270707 Sept of 2011 my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer and a PSA of 5000. He was in extreme pain with Bone Metastasis. The treatments, cosadex and eligard injections gave him immediate results and eliminated all of his pain. During treatments PSA dropped to 0.3. Now his PSA is at 22.7 but without any physical symptoms.
Avatar m tn I am a 54 yr old and found out less than a year ago I had prostate cancer. My initial PSA was at 27. That's twenty seven. My followup at 90 days rose to 29 and the urologist ordered a biopsy which determined cancer was present in all regions. I had robotic radical prostate to my January 2015. My first PSA test after surgery showed a PSA of .5. My urologist said he had hoped for around .1 but did not seem concerned. I just had my second test after surgery and my PSA has risen to .9.
Avatar n tn I was diagnosed at age 49 in May, 2007 with Stage II, 3 nodes positive. I had 4 rounds of A/C and 4 rounds of Taxol followed by 33 rounds of radiation. My doctor now wants to put me on hormone therapy. I am premenopausal but haven't gotten my period since July due to chemo. She won't put me on Tamoxifin because of a past history of TIA several years ago. She said I would be at too high a risk for stroke on it.