Hans, I love your writing. At the same time there is quite a bit of hyperbole in your original post which could, frankly, terrify some newcomers unnecessarily. ADT does not always come with terrible side effects. My two years of Lupron came with fatigue, some hot flashes, some fat accumulation and joint and muscle pain, but all were tolerable and did not interfere with living an active life. Likewise external beam radiation. Not that big of a deal.
I think it's still true that most people with treated PCa live for many years and many die of something else.