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hello! we are living between France and the US. My husband who is French ,76 yrs old in excellent health and very physically active was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer after a a PSA 9, followed by a biopsy, 3+4 intermediate unfavorable Gleason score . He was treated with 8weeks of radiation in association with ADT. He is approaching his 6th month of ADT and will have to decide whether to do another 6mos. The Dr who is treating him advised 2 yrs although another radiologist initially mentioned 6-8 mos. He was in very good physical condition before treatment . The radiation was tough but he made it through and regained energy quite quickly. There were no major side effects at the time except back pain and little muscular pains and more stiffness which has persisted and seems to correspond to ADT side effects. Although he is very disciplined about daily exercise I worry that too long a course of ADT could affect his body health negatively and reduce his physical strength and ultimately activity. We are in the US and I am trying to find the latest research on ADT duration and efficacity and find a DR who knows the subject who could offer a second opinion before we return to France at the end of Feb to know if the approach/treatment is the same in the United States. We did read the Jama Nov report. Any advice or information would be appreciated.

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Hello and thank you for sharing your story. I will add you to the list of interested people and share more details as the meeting will get closer to fruition.