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"Stages" of cancer? Testosterone? Are these important?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 13 10:48am | Replies (19)
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@bluegill

I'll ask the doc about Decipher, but I was told early on that my cancer was "aggressive and high grade". I freaked out and thought that meant "advanced", but I was reassured it wasn't. The imaging tests showed no signs of spread.

So, is the testosterone level just about sex, or about energy level in general? My evergy level is a lot better now that I'm off Lupron.

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | May 28 11:09am

Testosterone monitoring is to confirm that androgen-deprivation therapy drugs (like Firmagon or Orgovyx) are still working.

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | May 28 2:30pm

It does monitor ADT effectiveness, but I noticed on most of my post op PSA’s a direct correlation with PSA LEVEL and testosterone level. They followed each other pretty closely, which is what you could expect, and higher T does make one feel stronger, sexier and all the rest!

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