Dementia and advanced prostrate

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Posted 22 Oct 2020 at 08:48

Hi. Looking for some advice. Dad had been on prostrap inj for a year. He now had vascular dementia and alzheimers. His psa has risen to 8 (went from 102 to 0.6) was told it wasn't as effective and put on bicalutamide 3 months ago. Psa is now 18.8.

Spoke to oncology, memory clinic and gp and not getting a clear plan infact getting increasingly worried that there might not be one.

Does anyone have any advice what to expect?. ,Tia jackie

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Posted 22 Oct 2020 at 09:53

They may stop the bicalutimide in the hope of getting a withdrawal response. The next step would usually be chemo and / or enzalutimide or abiraterone but because of your dad's other health conditions, there will need to be careful consideration of quality of life v risk and cost.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 25 Oct 2020 at 19:14

Thank you. X

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