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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 11 11:37am | Replies (14)

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Some people have that amount of testosterone their whole life. The fact that you’re not noticing anything problematic makes a lot of sense since the amount of testosterone you have is more than enough to prevent any of the side effects from ADT. Is your oncologist a Genito urinary oncologist? They are the ones that specialize in prostate cancer, unlike medical oncologist, that specialize in all different types of cancers, and can’t really keep up with everything going on in prostate cancer.

Boosting up your testosterone can definitely cause problems. If you do decide to do that, you should get PSA tests regularly, No less than every three months, maybe even every month for a few months. If your PSA does start to rise, you have to realize that that means going back on Orgovyx, And definitely for a longer time than you did the first time.

Another thing you have to realize is that when you get prostate cancer, it sends cancer cells all around your body Before it is even detected.. They become dormant and can’t be detected by any technique they currently have. When you have a lot of stress in your life, the cancer can come right back as those dormant cells become active.

This was discussed yesterday‘s PCRI conference. Dr. Kwon Was asked if prostate cancer spread was like a pebble going into a body of water and spreading out in waves. He said no, Prostate cancer spreads in a stochastic spread that goes everywhere. He wasn’t even discussing the dormant problem. A big boost in testosterone can activate those cells that have spread.

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@jeffmarc My oncologist specializes in breast and prostate cancer. Apparently there are some similarities between the two in that the majority of breast cancers are hormone receptor positive.