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Hello My Father Is 99 Years Old And Was Diagnosed
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My father is 99 years old and was diagnosed in 2004 with local Prostate cancer and since then he was on lupron then zoladex injections every 3 months,casodex was added in 2016. The last 15 months his psa climbed from 23 all the way to 171, his doctor suggested to go for another line of hormone treatment either zytiga or xtandi and looking to there side affects i think xtandi has less harm on his health but giving to the circumstances of hos major health i have concerns about a second line of treatment, my father has heart disease and a border line of renal functions and he has been bed ridden since 2017 due to a broken hip and he has been in oxygen support during sleep time since 2018. Is going for a second line of hormonal therapy at his age and condition the right choice? If we decided not to go for further treatment what are his outcomes and life expectancy incase of his cancer, and if we decide to go for a second line of therapy which is the better choice between xtandi and zytiga and can it be a reduced dose for an example one pill every other day or so? I forgot to mention that father is asymptomatic in his current case.
Kindly advise
Thank you
Yaqoub
My father is 99 years old and was diagnosed in 2004 with local Prostate cancer and since then he was on lupron then zoladex injections every 3 months,casodex was added in 2016. The last 15 months his psa climbed from 23 all the way to 171, his doctor suggested to go for another line of hormone treatment either zytiga or xtandi and looking to there side affects i think xtandi has less harm on his health but giving to the circumstances of hos major health i have concerns about a second line of treatment, my father has heart disease and a border line of renal functions and he has been bed ridden since 2017 due to a broken hip and he has been in oxygen support during sleep time since 2018. Is going for a second line of hormonal therapy at his age and condition the right choice? If we decided not to go for further treatment what are his outcomes and life expectancy incase of his cancer, and if we decide to go for a second line of therapy which is the better choice between xtandi and zytiga and can it be a reduced dose for an example one pill every other day or so? I forgot to mention that father is asymptomatic in his current case.
Kindly advise
Thank you
Yaqoub
Brief Answer:
Prostat cancer
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for asking
Both of decisions in may opinion are right.Due to his age and comorbidity in case of doing nothing I don’t think that his cancer will aggravate soon.
In other hand in general practice second line treatment hormone therapy doesn’t cause a lot of side effects.But you can start him xtandi and if in the few days hi have some side effects than you have the option to doing nothing.
Kind regards
Prostat cancer
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for asking
Both of decisions in may opinion are right.Due to his age and comorbidity in case of doing nothing I don’t think that his cancer will aggravate soon.
In other hand in general practice second line treatment hormone therapy doesn’t cause a lot of side effects.But you can start him xtandi and if in the few days hi have some side effects than you have the option to doing nothing.
Kind regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
Hello again
So you do recommend starting xtandi then if side affects occur we can stop it?
So you do recommend starting xtandi then if side affects occur we can stop it?
Brief Answer:
Prostat cancer
Detailed Answer:
Yes,exactly
Prostat cancer
Detailed Answer:
Yes,exactly
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