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How long will Lupron work before prostate cancer becomes resistant?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 14 9:45pm | Replies (56)Comment receiving replies
I Don’t want to give the wrong idea, I’m willing to play the hand I’m dealt as long as I can. I’m just worried that for the next few years that im involved in non curative therapy I really should be looking elsewhere for an actual cure. We are all aware this type of therapy, ADT, is good medicine and should give me many years as my doc says, it still has an end. I’m 65 and want no less than 20 more years. How do I get it is the million dollar question!
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My medical oncologist thinks there can e a cure. His first suggestion was surprising - SBRT, not Combination hormonal therapy. He said the hormonal therapy will only keep it at bay, but he wanted to go for the kill (possible cure) with radiation. Thirty six IBRT Radiation sessions gave me acute/chronic bleeding bladder, urinary retention, anemia, urethral obstruction, and incontinence. Now I have to get opinions in how effective, how accurate and how risky 3-5 sessions of this alleged pinpoint targeting SBRT really is.
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You need to ask you doctor. Some doctor like Dr. Eugene Kwon aim for cure. Other doctors like Dr. Scholz seems also aim for the same. He seems to believe it is achievable, but not in every case.
Also look at the records.
Dont mind me. I am just another layman trying to make some sense of the whole thing.