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Weighing the cancer risk reduction & quality-of-life cost of ADT?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 13 5:00pm | Replies (123)Comment receiving replies
ADT will eventually bring your cancer under control. Mine was present in all twelve cores Stage 3 but confined to the lymph nodes, no bone.
However the associated drop in testosterone will lead to muscle loss, overall weakness, loss of libido, and ED.
How important is your sex life vs longevity? At 81 it was not much of an issue for me; fear was greater. However, now at 86 and the cancer in remission I really miss it and my wife cries herself to sleep hoping I won't notice.
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Several new studies are now indicating that ADT treatment may not be nearly as helpful as claimed for the last 20 years. It seems to me that these studies are indicating that only certain types of prostate cancer benefit from ADT. Duke Health's study indicates that high testosterone may actually be better for aggressive prostate cancer. It will probably take 10 years to sort this out and at my age it is already too late.