← Return to Gleason 7 (4+3) radiation, but ADT also? Over treatment?

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@heavyphil

I actually read this article when I first knew I would need salvage radiation. I consulted with an RO who totally agreed with the article, telling me that any PSA less than .7 did not need ADT, only radiation.
I then consulted with Sloan and they said I DID need ADT, which had been my feeling, in spite of the newer findings. I asked my urologist what he thought and he said that although the newer findings supported the idea of no ADT, 6 months on Orgovyx in an otherwise healthy or medically supervised patient “couldn’t hurt”.
My feeling was that my Gleason 4+3 unfavorable just might be a bit more aggressive than “Intermediate” might imply and even though my surgical pathology was negative, it STILL recurred. So I wanted to hit it as hard as I could so hopefully I could end this problem once and for all🤞

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I had salvage radiation and no ADT. Took 2.5 years to come back, and I have BRCA2. Then I started ADT.

I would have done the same thing that you did, heavyphil. Six months of ADT is a small price to pay for the extra assurance. Now, if the doctor had said 18 months, I would have said, no. I think the longest I'd want to be on ADT—even if I had aggressive pc—is nine to 12 months to preserve long-term quality of life.