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