TAKING ACTION
WHEN YOU NEED MORE THAN YOUR CURRENT HORMONE THERAPY *
RISING PSA LEVELS MEAN THAT YOUR CANCER COULD SPREAD
When you have prostate cancer, the testosterone in your body causes it to grow and spread. You may already be on a hormone therapy , such as Lupron Depot ® , to bring your testosterone down to very low levels, but it may not be enough to keep the cancer from starting to grow again. When that happens, you may need to add another medication to the one you are already taking.
• It is very important that your doctor monitors your PSA levels. Your PSA levels may rise even if you are on hormone therapy* • If your PSA levels rise, that‘s because your prostate cancer is castration-resistant (CR) . That means that the prostate cancer keeps growing even when the amount of testosterone in the body is brought down to very low levels
PSA
When hormone therapy works, your prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level drops and stays low
THE GOAL OF TREATMENT IS TO DELAY THE SPREAD OF CANCER
But when your hormone therapy stops working, your PSA levels rise, even if your cancer has not spread. That means you have nmCRPC
PSA
CANCER SPREADING OUTSIDE THE PROSTATE
CANCER IN THE PROSTATE
WHAT IS nmCRPC?
When prostate cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it can cause symptoms like bone pain and worsen fatigue. It‘s important to talk to your doctor if you feel new symptoms. WHY DOES DELAYING THE SPREAD OF CANCER MATTER?
nm non-metastatic
castration - resistant prostate cancer CR PC
TAKE ACTION to delay the spread of cancer to other parts of your body. THE BOTTOM LINE
The cancer has NOT spread to other parts of the body
Cancer that starts in the prostate gland and keeps growing even when the amount of testosterone in the body is reduced to very low levels
Please see additional Important Safety Information throughout and the full Prescribing Information.
*Hormone therapy includes gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), such as Lupron Depot ® (drug treatment), or surgery that lowers testosterone. Lupron Depot is a registered trademark of AbbVie Inc.
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