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THANK YOU!! I know the decision is all his but I like to be there by his side. The only thing that scares him is the three months off all meds.. but with his oncologist monitoring him closely every 2 weeks, I think he should be fine.
Hi Kathy My husband got Provenge and Zytiga We did some study about Provenge and what we came up with Provenge works best is 1. psa is at the lowest 2. less burden of disease 3. your healthest time. His psa was going up rapidly so we did not want to wait. He did not have any bone mets. He works and plays everyday with out too much pain. Psa does not always come down with Provenge. It was another 13 months before his bone mets started showing up, we like to think it was due to Provenge. He did start Zytiga and it did not help his Psa was 42.7 when we started Zytiga and went up to 99.5. He went on Xtandi and in 30 days his psa dropped to 59. My thoughts are get the treament of provenge now because with cancer you never know about tomorrow. My husband goes tomorrow to another psa and we pray it drops even more. Hoping for the best for you and yours, Carol
There is a clinical study that shows you can be on both. I did not stop Zytiga or any other meds when I had Provenge treatment earlier this year. No major side effects and PSA has continued to drop.
