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Is ADT ever used at reduced dosage to moderate side effects?
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You might want to research the use of intermittent ADT. In my case I had 6 month dose given in a 2020 IMRT for recurrent lymph node prostate cancer. Haven't had any since and I'm now in a clinical trial that uses Enzalutamide (an ARPI) in which a 3 month dose dropped my PSA from 3.47 to undectable. Many Docs today are looking for ways to avoid or reduce the use of ADT in treatments, eg, using it intermittently. There's lots of info and studies on it.
You might check this out by Dr Sean P Collins who treated me at Georgetown Medstar
Also suggest Googling Dr Ravi Madan of the NCI who is running clinical trials trying to ascertain which patients can avoid or minimize ADT.
Good luck!!
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@icorps good video, thanks.
FWIW my friend and I are in Los Angeles.
My friend's specific set of physicians could probably be improved, by the sound of things, and certainly enough advertising by the major local health systems pop up the moment you start Googling the topics! But his current Medicare plan may be pretty limiting on that.