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ADT as a stand alone treatment

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 3 7:31am | Replies (11)
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I am 3+ 3 in one core and doing watchful waiting I had one doctor that wanted to put me on casodex which is. Old hormone therapy but I said no as I could find no protocol for doing this

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ozelli | @ozelli | Jul 1 8:42pm

I seem to remember Dr Shultz of PCRI fame mentioning that while uncommon, Casodex as a stand alone therapy could be considered though he wasn't recommending it.

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russ777 | @russ777 | Jul 2 1:04pm

Casodex is a 1st generation anti-androgen, or bio-genesis inhibitor. The only place I see it being used these days is for a short course prior to starting Lupron and similar ADT drugs to suppress the testosterone spike.

I've also read that casodex is the ADT treatment most likely to cause breast enlargement. I'd stay away from it when much better meds are available!

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