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Treatment options: radiation without ADT?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 28 9:17am | Replies (39)

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@jcultra my 10.2 psa, with 3+4 Gleason, suggested using adt but the radiation oncologist I used suggested not to use it. Out of five RO’s, one suggested it. I ended up with a narrow margin linac radiation machine with a built in MRI (MRIdian). No fused images so what you see in real time is what gets treated. The 2 mm margins were lees than all other radiation types and machines vs 3-5 mm for most other radiation machines. This meant minimal exposure of healthy tissue so side effects were slight restriction of urine flow but no rectal bleeding. I had 5 hypo-fractional treatments.

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Great news jcultra! You definitely were a benefactor of the latest advancements and sound collective decision-making. The Meridian protocol along with newer results on the questionable benefit of ADT for any type of Gleason 7, provided you with the very important benefit of no ADT! While rectal bleeding ney still present at some level years down the road even with Meridian, it appears appreciably less likely. You did your homework! All the best to you!