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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 6 10:17pm | Replies (22)
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@jeffmarc
Thanks, Jeff. My doctor told me the ADT treatment will last at least 6 months, possibly up to 18 if I’m tolerating it well. I believe that’s because of my Decipher score of 0.84. They prescribed Orgovyx since it works right away, and when I stop, my testosterone should recover faster than it would with Lupron. Not looking forward to any of those side effects.
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@tj1967
The length of ADT is frequently based on your Gleason score which you did not mention.
Gleason score 7 ADT 6 months
Gleason score 8 ADT 18 months
Gleason score 9 ADT 24 months
The thing is when you have a reoccurrence, they usually want to extend the ADT To try to prevent the cancer from coming back.
Have you had genetic testing?? That can cause your cancer to come back it did for mine and also put me on ADT for almost 9 years now.
Get genetic testing to find out if it could be a factor. Does anybody else in your family have cancer? You can get it here for free, takes 2 to 3 weeks to get the results and a genetic counselor will call you. They will send you a kit that you return in the mail.
Prostatecancerpromise.org