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I-Lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan yindlela yokwelapha umdlavuza eqondiswe ngqo eyenzelwe amadoda anomdlavuza wendlala yesinye oqhubekayo. Le mithi isebenza njengemishini eqondisiwe, ifuna futhi ibhubhise amaseli omdlavuza asakazeke emzimbeni lapho ezinye izindlela zokwelapha zingasebenzi kahle.
Cabanga ngale ndlela yokwelapha njengendlela yokwelapha ekhethekile kakhulu ehlanganisa izinhlayiya ezinomsakazo nesistimu eqondisayo. Ingxenye eqondisayo ithola amaseli omdlavuza wendlala yesinye noma ngabe angase acashe kuphi emzimbeni wakho, kuyilapho ingxenye enomsakazo iletha ukwelashwa okunembile ngqo kulawo maseli.
I-Lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan iyi-radiopharmaceutical, okusho ukuthi imithi equkethe izinto ezinomsakazo ezisetshenziselwa ukwelashwa kwezokwelapha. Yenzelwe ngqo ukwelapha i-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Le mithi iqondisa iphrotheni ebizwa nge-PSMA etholakala kumaseli omdlavuza wendlala yesinye. Uma ifakwe emithanjeni yakho yegazi, ihamba emzimbeni wakho wonke futhi inamathele kulawo maseli omdlavuza, iletha ukwelashwa ngemisebe eqondiswe ngqo lapho idingeka kakhulu.
Le ndlela yokwelapha yaziwa nangegama layo lomkhiqizo elithi Pluvicto. Ithole imvume evela e-FDA ngo-2022 njengendlela yokwelapha ephumelelayo yamadoda umdlavuza wawo wendlala yesinye osakazekile futhi ongabe usasabela ekwelashweni ngamahomoni.
Le mithi isetshenziselwa ngqo ukwelapha i-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) ehlola ukuthi inomsakazo we-PSMA. Lokhu kusho ukuthi umdlavuza wakho wendlala yesinye usakazekele kwezinye izingxenye zomzimba wakho futhi awusabeli ekwelashweni okwehlisa amazinga e-testosterone.
Udktela wakho uzokuncoma kuphela lokhu kwelashwa uma usuvele uzamile ezinye izindlela zokwelapha ezinjenge-androgen receptor pathway inhibitors noma i-taxane-based chemotherapy. Lokhu kungabandakanya imithi enjenge-enzalutamide, abiraterone, noma i-docetaxel chemotherapy.
Ngaphambi kokuqala ukwelashwa, uzodinga ukuskena okukhethekile okubizwa nge-PSMA PET scan ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amaseli akho omdlavuza anenani elanele le-PSMA protein ukuze ukwelashwa kusebenze ngempumelelo. Lokhu kuskena kusiza ithimba lakho lezokwelapha ukuthi linqume ukuthi ungumuntu ofanelekayo yini kulokhu kwelashwa.
Le mithi isebenza ngohlelo olunamacandelo amabili olumangalisayo ngokuqondile. Ingxenye ye-vipivotide isebenza njengedivayisi yokuzula, ifuna ngqo futhi ibophele kuma-PSMA proteins atholakala kakhulu kumaseli omdlavuza wendlala yesinye.
Uma isinamathele kumaseli omdlavuza, ingxenye ye-lutetium Lu 177 iletha ukwelashwa ngemisebe eqondiwe. Le ngxenye enomsakazo ikhipha izinhlayiya ze-beta ezihamba ibanga elifushane kakhulu, ngokuvamile elingaphansi kwamamilimitha ama-2, okusho ukuthi zithinta ikakhulukazi amaseli omdlavuza ngenkathi zinciphisa umonakalo ezicutshini ezinempilo eziseduze.
Ukwelashwa kuthathwa njengokunamandla ngokulinganisela emhlabeni wezokwelapha umdlavuza. Ngenkathi ingaqali ngokushesha njengokwelashwa okuthile kwe-chemotherapy, yakhelwe ukusebenza ngokuqhubekayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kancane kancane ibuthakathisa futhi ibhubhise amaseli omdlavuza emzimbeni wakho wonke.
Le mithi inikezwa njenge-intravenous infusion, okusho ukuthi ilethwa ngqo egazini lakho ngomthambo engalweni yakho. Uzothola lokhu kwelashwa esikhungweni esikhethekile somuthi we-nuclear noma esibhedlela esihlomule ukusingatha imithi enomsakazo ngokuphepha.
Ngaphambi kokwelashwa kwakho, uzodinga ukuphuza uketshezi oluningi ukusiza ukuvikela izinso zakho futhi uqinisekise ukuthi unamanzi kahle. Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lizokunikeza imiyalelo ethile, kodwa ngokuvamile, kufanele uphuze okungenani amalitha amanzi angu-1-2 emahoreni ngaphambi kokufakwa kwakho.
Ukufakwa kwangempela kuthatha imizuzu engaba ngu-30 ukuqedela. Ngesikhathi lesi, uzoqashwa eduze ochwepheshe bezempilo abaqeqeshwe ngokukhethekile. Ungase uzwe umuzwa opholile kancane njengoba umuthi ungena egazini lakho, kodwa abantu abaningi bayakwazi ukubekezelela inqubo yokufakwa kahle.
Ngemuva kokwelashwa kwakho, uzodinga ukulandela izinyathelo zokuphepha ezithile zokuphepha ngemisebe izinsuku ezimbalwa. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukukhawulela ukuxhumana okuseduze nabesifazane abakhulelwe, izingane, nezilwane ezifuywayo, kanye nokusebenzisa izindawo zokugezela ezihlukene uma kungenzeka ukuvikela abanye kunoma iyiphi into enomsakazo engase ikhishwe emzimbeni wakho.
Uhlelo olujwayelekile lokwelashwa luhlanganisa ukuthola imithamo eyisithupha yalo muthi, ngomthamo ngamunye ohlukaniswe ngamasonto angaba ngu-6. Lokhu kusho ukuthi inkambo yakho yokwelashwa ephelele izohlanganisa cishe izinyanga ezi-5-6 kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni.
Udokotela wakho uzoqapha impendulo yakho ekwelashweni nempilo yakho yonke ngalesi sikhathi. Amanye amadoda aqeda konke ukwelashwa okuhleliwe okuyisithupha, kanti amanye angase adinge ukuyeka ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngenxa yemiphumela emibi noma uma umdlavuza wabo uqhubeka ngaphandle kokwelashwa.
Phakathi kokwelashwa, uzoba nokuhlolwa okuvamile okuhlanganisa ukuhlolwa kwegazi ukuqapha ukubalwa kwamaseli egazi lakho, ukusebenza kwezinso, nokusebenza kwesibindi. Lokhu kuhlolwa kusiza ithimba lakho lezokwelapha liqinisekise ukuthi umzimba wakho uyakwazi ukusingatha ukwelashwa kahle nokuthi kuphephile ukuqhubeka.
Njengoba kuningi ukwelashwa komdlavuza, lo muthi ungabangela imiphumela emibi, yize abantu abaningi beyithola ilawuleka ngosekelo olufanele nokunakekelwa. Imiphumela emibi evame kakhulu ihlobene nendlela ukwelashwa okuthinta ngayo amaseli egazi lakho kanye nohlelo lokugaya ukudla.
Imiphumela emibi evame kakhulu ongase uyithole ihlanganisa:
Le miphumela emibi ejwayelekile ivame ukuthuthuka kancane kancane futhi ingalawulwa ngemithi nokunakekelwa okusekelayo okuvela eqenjini lakho lokunakekelwa kwezempilo.
Imiphumela emibi engathi sína ingenzeka, yize ingavamile. Lokhu kudinga ukunakekelwa kwezempilo ngokushesha futhi kufaka:
Iqembu lakho lezokwelapha lizokuqapha eduze ngale miphumela engathi sína ngemivivinyo yegazi ejwayelekile nokuhlolwa ngaso sonke isikhathi sokwelashwa kwakho.
Kukhona nemiphumela ethile engavamile kodwa engaba yingozi yesikhathi eside okufanele uyiqaphele. Lokhu kufaka phakathi amathuba okuba nomdlavuza wesibili eminyakeni eminingi ngemuva kokwelashwa, yize le ngozi idinga ukulinganiswa nezinzuzo zokwelapha umdlavuza wakho wamanje. Udokotela wakho uzoxoxa ngalezi zingozi nawe ngokuningiliziwe.
Lokhu kwelashwa akulungelwe wonke umuntu, futhi udokotela wakho uzohlola ngokucophelela ukuthi kulungile yini esimweni sakho esithile. Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuthi umdlavuza wakho kumele uhlolwe ukuthi uneprotein ye-PSMA, ngoba ukwelashwa ngeke kusebenze ngempumelelo ngaphandle kwalolu hlobo.
Akufanele uthole lokhu kwelashwa uma unezimo ezithile zempilo ezingenza kube yingozi:
Udokotela wakho uzobheka nempilo yakho yonke kanye nokulindela impilo lapho enquma ukuthi lokhu kwelashwa kulungele yini wena.
Izinyathelo ezikhethekile ziyadingeka uma uhlela ukuba nezingane esikhathini esizayo. Lokhu kwelashwa kungathinta inzalo emadodeni, futhi kufanele uxoxe ngezinketho zokuhlela umndeni nodokotela wakho ngaphambi kokuqala ukwelashwa. Uzodinga futhi ukusebenzisa izindlela zokuvimbela ukukhulelwa eziphumelelayo ngesikhathi sokwelashwa kanye nasezinyangeni eziningana ngemuva kwalokho.
Uma unesifo sikashukela, izinkinga zezinso, noma ezinye izimo ezingapheli, udokotela wakho uzodinga ukukuqapha ngokucophelela okwengeziwe ngesikhathi sokwelashwa. Lezi zimo akudingeki zikuvimbele ekutholeni ukwelashwa, kodwa zidinga ukunaka okwengeziwe futhi mhlawumbe ziguqulwe.
Igama lomkhiqizo le-lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan yi-Pluvicto. Lo muthi ukhiqizwa yi-Novartis futhi wenzelwe ngqo ukwelapha umdlavuza wendlala yesinye oqhubekayo.
Uma ukhuluma ngalokhu kwelashwa neqembu lakho lezempilo noma ucwaninga ngolwazi, ungase ukubone kubhekiselwa kulo ngegama lalo elivamile (lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan) noma ngegama lomkhiqizo walo (Pluvicto). Womabili la magama abhekisela emuthini ofanayo.
I-Pluvicto njengamanje iyona kuphela umkhiqizo otholakala wale radiopharmaceutical ethile. Ngenxa yokuthi ukwelashwa okukhethekile kakhulu okudinga ukuphathwa okukhethekile nokuphathwa, kutholakala kuphela ngezikhungo zezokwelapha zenuzi eziqinisekisiwe kanye nezikhungo zokwelapha umdlavuza.
Ngenkathi i-Pluvicto iyindlela yokwelapha eyingqayizivele, zikhona ezinye izinketho ezitholakalayo zamadoda anomdlavuza wendlala yesinye oqhubekayo. Udokotela wakho uzokusiza ukuthi uqonde ukuthi yiziphi ezinye izindlela ezingase zikufanele isimo sakho esithile.
Ezinye izindlela zokwelapha ezihloswe ngqo ngomdlavuza wendlala yesinye oqhubekayo zihlanganisa:
Ukukhetha phakathi kwalezi zindlela zokwelapha kuncike ezintweni eziningi, okuhlanganisa izici ezithile zomdlavuza wakho, ukwelashwa kwakho kwangaphambilini, impilo yakho yonke, nezintandokazi zakho.
Amanye amadoda angase athole i-Pluvicto ngokuhlangana nezinye izindlela zokwelapha, kanti amanye angase ayizame ngemva kokuthi ezinye izindlela zokwelapha ziyeke ukusebenza. Udokotela wakho we-oncologist uzosebenza nawe ukuthuthukisa uhlelo lokwelapha olwenzelwe izidingo zakho kanye nezimo zakho.
Kokubili i-Pluvicto ne-radium-223 (Xofigo) yizindlela zokwelapha ezinomoya ezisetshenziselwa umdlavuza we-prostate oqhubekayo, kodwa zisebenza ngezindlela ezihlukene futhi zisetshenziswa ezimweni ezihlukene. Ukuqhathanisa ngqo akulula ngoba ziqondise izici ezihlukene zomdlavuza we-prostate.
I-Radium-223 iqondise ngqo ama-metastases amathambo futhi yakhelwe ukusiza ngobuhlungu bamathambo nokuqinisa amathambo athintwe umdlavuza. Ilusizo ikakhulukazi lapho umdlavuza we-prostate usabalale ikakhulukazi emathanjeni futhi uzwa ubuhlungu obukhulu emathanjeni.
I-Pluvicto, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ingaqondisa amaseli omdlavuza we-prostate noma ngabe akuphi emzimbeni, hhayi emathanjeni kuphela. Yakhelwe ukusebenza ngokumelene nomdlavuza osabalale ezingxenyeni ezihlukene zomzimba nezicubu, okwenza kube nokwenzeka ukuthi isebenze kakhulu ezifweni ezisabalale kabanzi.
Ukukhetha phakathi kwalezi zindlela zokwelapha kuncike esimweni sakho esithile. Udokotela wakho uzocabangela izinto ezinjengendawo lapho umdlavuza wakho usabalale khona, amazinga akho e-PSMA, impilo yakho yamathambo, kanye nezindlela zakho zokwelapha zangaphambilini ukuze anqume ukuthi iyiphi inketho engasebenza kangcono kuwe.
Amanye amadoda angase athole zombili izindlela zokwelapha ngezikhathi ezihlukene ohambweni lwawo lomdlavuza, njengoba zisebenzela izinjongo ezihlukene ekuphatheni umdlavuza we-prostate oqhubekayo.
Lokhu kwelashwa kudinga ukucatshangelwa ngokucophelela uma unezinkinga zezinso. Ngenkathi izinkinga zezinso ezincane zingakuvimbeli ukuthi uthole i-Pluvicto, isifo sezinso esibi singenza ukwelashwa kube yingozi ngoba izinso zakho zisiza ekuqedezeni izinto ezinomoya emzimbeni wakho.
Udktela wakho uzoqhuba izivivinyo zomsebenzi wezinso ngaphambi kokuqala ukwelashwa futhi uzoqapha impilo yakho yezinso ngokucophelela kuyo yonke inkambo yakho yokwelashwa. Uma umsebenzi wakho wezinso ukhubazekile ngokulingene, ungase ukwazi ukuthola ukwelashwa, kodwa ngemithamo elungisiwe nokuqapha okwengeziwe.
Izinto ezinomsakazo ku-Pluvicto zikhishwa ikakhulukazi ngezinso zakho, ngakho-ke ukusebenza kahle kwezinso kubalulekile ekuqedezeni imithi ngokuphepha ohlelweni lwakho. Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lizoqinisekisa ukuthi uhlala unamanzi ngaphambi nangemva kokwelashwa ngakunye ukuze usize ukuvikela izinso zakho.
Ukweqisa kwe-Pluvicto akunakwenzeka ngoba le mithi inikezwa kuphela ochwepheshe bezempilo abaqeqeshwe ngokukhethekile ezindaweni zezokwelapha ezilawulwayo. Umthamo ubhalwa ngokucophelela ngokuya ngesisindo somzimba wakho kanye nesimo sezokwelapha, futhi ukumnika kuqashwa kuyo yonke inqubo.
Uma ukhathazekile ngokuthola imithi eningi kakhulu ngesikhathi sokwelashwa kwakho, ungaxoxa ngalokhu nethimba lakho lezokwelapha. Balandela izinqubo eziqinile zokuqinisekisa ukulinganisa okunembile futhi banazo izinyathelo zokuphepha zokuvimbela amaphutha.
Indawo yokwelashwa izoba nezindlela zokubhekana nanoma yiziphi izinkinga ezingase zivele ngesikhathi sokumnika kwakho. Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi izimpawu ezingavamile ngesikhathi noma ngemva kokwelashwa, kubalulekile ukuxhumana nethimba lakho lezempilo ngokushesha ukuze uthole isiqondiso.
Uma udinga ukuphuthelwa i-aphoyintimenti yokwelashwa ehleliwe, xhumana nethimba lakho lezempilo ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ukuze uhlele kabusha. Isikhathi esiphakathi kwemithamo sibalulekile ekugcineni ukusebenza kokwelashwa, kodwa ukuphuthelwa i-aphoyintimenti eyodwa akusho ukuthi awukwazi ukuqhubeka nohlelo lwakho lokwelashwa.
Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lizosebenza nawe ukuthola isikhathi sokuqokwa esisha esingena ngaphakathi kohlelo olufanele lokwelashwa. Kungadingeka ukuthi balungise kancane umugqa wakho wesikhathi sokwelashwa, kodwa lokhu kuvame ukulawulwa ngaphandle kokuyekethisa ukusebenza kokwelashwa.
Ngezinye izikhathi ukubambezeleka kuyadingeka ngenxa yemiphumela engemihle, izifo, noma ezinye izinkinga zempilo. Udokotela wakho uzoqonda ukuthi kuphephile yini ukuqhubeka ngomthamo wakho olandelayo ohleliwe noma uma udinga isikhathi esithe xaxa sokululama ngaphambi kokuqhubeka nokwelashwa.
Isinqumo sokuyeka ukwelashwa sincike ezintweni eziningana, okuhlanganisa ukuthi umdlavuza wakho usabela kahle kangakanani, yimiphi imiphumela engemihle oyitholayo, nesimo sakho sempilo esiphelele. Izinhlelo eziningi zokwelashwa zihlanganisa imithamo eyisithupha, kodwa abanye abantu bangase bayeke ngaphambi kwesikhathi noma, ezimweni ezingavamile, bathole ukwelashwa okwengeziwe.
Udokotela wakho uzohlola njalo ukusabela kwakho ekwelashweni ngokusebenzisa izithombe, ukuhlolwa kwegazi, nokuhlolwa komzimba. Uma umdlavuza wakho usabela kahle futhi ubekezelela ukwelashwa ngaphandle kwemiphumela engemihle engathí sina, cishe uzoqhubeka nenkambo ehleliwe.
Kodwa-ke, uma uthola imiphumela engemihle engathí sina, uma umdlavuza wakho uqhubeka ngaphandle kokwelashwa, noma uma impilo yakho yonke yehla kakhulu, udokotela wakho angase ancome ukuyeka ukwelashwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Lesi sinqumo senziwa ngaso sonke isikhathi ngokubonisana nawe nethimba lakho lezempilo.
Kubalulekile ukungayeki ukwelashwa wedwa ngaphandle kokuxoxa ngakho nodokotela wakho kuqala. Bangakusiza ukuthi ulinganise izinzuzo nezingozi zokuqhubeka noma ukuyeka ukwelashwa ngokusekelwe esimweni sakho.
Abantu abaningi bangazishayela imoto baye ekhaya ngemva kokuthola ukwelashwa nge-Pluvicto, njengoba imithi ngokuvamile ingabangeli ukukhubazeka ngokushesha. Nokho, abanye abantu bangase bazizwe bekhathele noma benesiyezi, okungase kuthinte ikhono labo lokushayela ngokuphepha.
Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lizohlola ukuthi uzizwa kanjani ngemva kokwelashwa ngakunye ngaphambi kokukuvumela ukuthi uhambe. Uma uzizwa ukhathele, unesiyezi, noma ungazizwa kahle, bangase bakutuse ukuthi omunye umuntu akuqhubele ekhaya noma ulinde uze uzizwe ungcono ngaphambi kokushayela.
Kungumqondo omuhle ukuhlela ukuthi othile akuqhubele futhi akuqhubule emhlanganweni wakho wokuqala wokwelashwa, uma nje kwenzeka ukuthi ube nokusabela okungalindelekile. Ngemva kwalokho, uzoba nombono ongcono wokuthi umzimba wakho usabela kanjani ekwelashweni futhi ungahlela ngokufanele imihlangano yesikhathi esizayo.
Khumbula ukuthi izinyathelo zokuphepha ngemisebe okudingeka uzilandele ngemva kokwelashwa azithinti ikhono lakho lokushayela, kodwa zisho ukuthi kufanele ukhawulele ukuxhumana okuseduze nabanye isikhathi eside ngesikhathi ushayela ekhaya.
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