Originally Posted by: Online Community MemberYes it's working for me hopefully for a long time some men do very well indeed and at 11 months it would appear you are one of them too. I also had RT which has probably helped get rid of the cancer as well .My scans are all clear no indication of any spread and when I pressed our very serious nurse (unfortunately no sense of humour a requisite as far as I'm concerned because humour has helped me get through some dark times ) as to the status of the cancer in my lymph nodes she said there were signs that they were now clear but our oncology team never say cured as understandably it may return due to my being high risk .
All men on this drug should be monitored very carefully and not by just PSA alone regular scans are imperative ,so if your on Enzalutamide ensure you get them .
Difference is Libracj is that I am deemed "incurable" so I am not qualified for ongoing scans and tests (other than the PSA).
It's one of my gripes that whilst all of the fundraising efforts surround early testing correctly, the Stage 4 incurables whilst receiving good maintenance treatments, do seem a little ignored when it comes to finding a cure.
A company in USA called AMBRX has a mission statement to cure more of us incurables and has raised $1.9bn on Wall Street on the back of a hugely successful 1st stage trial that showed between a 50% and 90% reduction in PSA in Hormone resistant men with PCa.
In other words once the HT stops working and men are left with only the most intrusive of treatments, their new "treatment" can be inserted into the plan and in theory buy more time for men at least, or indeed perhaps start the fightback to curing more men.
I am praying for this for myself and for all men in my position.