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Thank you all for your comments. I am considering all options, will continue the ADT, find out the new numbers next month and directly ask the MO what he has in mind for treatment. In the meantime, am I correct in believing that the ADT will slow further metastasis and also stop/shrink the existing PCa? How long can I expect the ADT to keep working effectively? When it does quit working and the cancer becomes "castrate resistant"
what are the next steps to treat PCa? Again, thank you all for the time spent replying here and yes mjp0512 it is beautiful up here, Ill be out in my canoe for the first time this year today, the ice went out yesterday and Im looking forward to chasing the ducks, geese and a beautiful pair of white swans around the pond. Im not far from Oswego NY....Lake Effect snow is our claim to fame...lol.

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@stage4lovolmetpc - Further north than I assumed. I thought you were talking about 55A around Rondout Reservoir. Enjoy the pond.

@stage4lovolmetpc I'm closing in on 5 years since de-novo stage 4b diagnosis, and my cancer hasn't become castrate-resistant yet. Don't assume it's inevitable anymore – doctors are often working off old SEER data when they give patients a timeline for that. 😕

I know I've been lucky, but the new ARSIs (the -lutamides) created some of that luck for me, as did metastasis-directed therapy in 2021, so science deserves its share of the credit.