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A different report: I can stop ADT
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 7, 2024 | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
With a Gleeson nine and only six months of ADT there really is a good chance of your cancer coming back soon. Hopefully, you’ll get PSA test no less than every three months. This is something that’s discussed a lot at Ancan.org Advanced prostate cancer meetings. They’ve been around for 15 years and have found that people who don’t go through the NCCN recommendations usually have recurrence.
ADT does reduce your PSA a lot, But that doesn’t mean it will stay there. I know that for me, stopping ADT, Or even reducing my second Drug doesn’t work. I have a Gleeson 7 4+3. When I switched from four Zytiga pills a day to three, my PSA went from .2 to 1 in 18 days.
Good luck.
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The GL -9 was one of three tests the other 2 tests reported GL-7s. The protocol is PSA testing every twelve weeks for the next year. The decision was made by the Tumor board at Sylvester/UM; and I trust they considered all of the diagnostic test inputs in arriving at the recommendation. I have to say, IMHO, that your prognosis should have been considered the delicacy of the different staging inputs.