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  1. Admin
    Jim Marshall (not a doctor) said ... If you have castrate-resistant prostate cancer, common treatments that your doctor may add to your regular ADT treatment include: Docetaxel (Taxotere) Enzalutamide (Xtandi) or Abiraterone (Zytiga) Cabazitaxel (Jevtana). But what are your doctor's drug choices when the cancer is no longer under control after all three options? If you responded to docetaxel, your doctor knows you may well respond again to another dosing of docetaxel. But this increases your risk of side effects - especially peripheral neuropathy or nail di
  2. Paul Edwards
    Currently the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme provides that Abiraterone (Brand name Zytiga) must be taken with prednisone or prednisolone. At its March 2017 meeting the PBAC approved an application that whilst Abiraterone must be taken with a corticosteroid, the corticosteroid does not necessarily have to be prednisone or prednisolone. Patients and their doctors are now able to choose the corticosteroid that they use with Abiraterone. There has been evidence that corticosteroids other than prednisone or prednisolone may have less side effects or greater benefits.
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