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Can Prostate Cancer "Take a New Trajectory"?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 29 6:50am | Replies (46)Comment receiving replies
Because you’ve been undetectable for so long they frequently want you to stop the ADT to see what happens. You want to get monthly blood test with your Stage of cancer. If your PSA starts to rise, you can get right back on the drugs.
It’s possible they want you to stop, so your PSA will rise far enough to do a PSMA pet test and see if there has been spread somewhere else.
A lot of people in your situation have to stay on ADT and ARSI’s for life. In some cases, the cancer goes dormant and doesn’t come back for years. Everyone is different
Good luck.
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Jeff - I have had buddies stop and start ADT several times . It seems to make ADT more effective for MUCH longer (10-15 years + ) . Just my experience in observing them . I got Salvage radiation 3 years after my operation at PSA 0.14 but never had ADT for some reason. Drs indicated I did not need ADT and in my case it would not be recommended . Now my PSA is 0.061- 0.032 in that range . Dr think that I have some healthy cells in pelvic area pushing out very small micro amounts of PSA . Dr's are not worried at all and they say they see this often . Strange case I think . Thanks for your help on board ! James on Vancouver Island .