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I came across this today NHS England » NHS fast tracks life-extending prostate cancer drug to patients At first sight it looks like positive news. Has anyone had any experience of being prescribed Darolutamide including for cancer that has spread...
My husband had his prostate removed end of Dec 21 PSA 12 and a Gleeson of 7 4-3 PSA after op went down to 0.02 PSA levels has gone up to 0.4 end of Dec 22 app with oncologist today and now a year later we’re waiting to have CT scan then RT every day...
Hello everyone, My dad was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer which has spread into his lymph nodes, he has been told that chemo and surgery is not an option so the doctors have put him on hormone injections. We have an appointment tomorrow with...
Hello all, I am Kevin am 58 and have just agreed to have prostate removed (probably late March) there is a small risk of T3 but likely T2. Am also awaiting a PET scan (very soon I hope)on a small shadow in sternum, but deemed unlikely to be a PC spread...
My husband is just about to start chemotherapy for prostrate cancer that has spread to the bones. (Pelvis, ribs and back) . Obviously he is aware of shielding and avoiding catching anything, but how careful does he and myself have to be. For example,...
I would be interested to hear from anyone who has received Staladex instead of Prostap. My pharmacy issued this drug instead of Prostap last week and my nurse did not know too much about it. It is an implant that is injected in the tummy. The needle is...
Morning guys and gals, I have just started taking Bicalutamide hormone tablets with a prostap injection to come before 4 weeks of daily targeted radiotherapy, my oncologist didn't actually put a time frame on how long it would be before the radiotherapy...
Worriedwife Good luck with the last RT session tomorrow. At least the traffic shouldn't be so bad on a Saturday. It's a closure to this part of his treatment so make sure your OH gives that bell some welly (and you too if you're so inclined) and remember...
Hi you lovely people I hope you’re all coping as well as possible , and sending you gentle hugs I wanted to ask if anyone with bone mets, like my husband has been given any decent pain relief apart from Morphine? He gets really bad pain and I’m...
Hi guys, I'm just looking for a little advice regarding vacuum pumps. Prices range from 20 quid to a couple of hundred. So are the cheap ones any good? Should I spend 150 quid or so ? Do they really work ? Cheers Matt
