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Thank you so much for your comments. I can assuredly assure you that I am just a concerned citizen looking for answers that I can’t seem to get from the attending oncologist. My hypothesis was that if this tumor was able to grow in a low testosterone environment, would it not because of that reality, be even more aggressive if T is eliminated? We all want to continue living, even non-desired entities.
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I think the confusion comes from use of the word "low."
What they mean is that prostate cancer can thrive EVEN in a low-testosterone environment, not EXCLUSIVELY in a low-testosterone environment.
In other words, prostate cancer can be feeding on testosterone even when your T is 3 or 4, not just when it's 20+.
I actually asked my oncologist about this at our last appointment in November, because my T had risen to 1.2, and he said that they don't worry about it feeding the cancer until it goes over 2.0 (normal range is 6.7 to 25.7 at my lab).
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Totally understand your frustration at not getting the answers you need. Sadly, your oncologist wouldn’t understand that article either, nor would many here in the US.
A lot of these scientific papers are “what if” theses. They are extremely obtuse and attempt to shed light on clinical observations which cannot be explained thru normal means, so must be looked at on a molecular level - far too technical for even the most learned oncologist, let alone you and me!
I too fell down the rabbit hole of reading articles - anything I could find- to help me in my treatment and help “guide” the clinicians….a fool’s errand. After reading about 50 articles similar to yours I finally understood that I had to let go and let the doctors do what they do.
I am happy that I did because all that research left me anxious, frustrated and totally exhausted. Best to you, Hans…
Phil