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Trying to decide on treatment for prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 12 10:36am | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
@johnt15
With a 4+3 they recommend six months of ADT. It will not change your life, but it could extend your life since it can kill off the cells that are trying to reproduce after radiation. Some of them do survive.
I’ve been on it for eight years, It is not a day today problem it seldom is an issue of any sort.
My brother had six months of it and so did I when I had radiation. That was before I went on it permanently a couple of years later. Neither of us had serious issues with it, Hot flashes were the biggest problem for my brother. When they put me on it for two months before my radiation, I had no idea what it would do and didn’t notice any side effects. When I had it Two years later, I had a lot of hot flashes, Strange how it doesn’t always do that.
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@jeffmarc
Yep, ADT is definitely the current standard of care. And I'm glad it is not affecting you. I recommend looking at the video from the PCRI titled " Intermediate Risk: Radiation without ADT" (I don't think you can post links here or else I would do it). To summarize the video, the vast improvements in radiation accuracy and pre/post treatment monitoring (PET scans, MRIs, etc) over the last 10 years, have shown that not everyone needs ADT. Granted, this is one perspective and we all need to do what we think is best for ourselves.