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@jeffmarc
Thanks, Jeff, for the new PTEN treatment info. This is another line of attack if needed. Right now, my husband is only two months into ADT and his aggressive cancer is still considered contained in the prostate, although we know how sneaky it can be.

Yesterday, the Duke medical oncologist said no other scans are done to check on the cancer unless the PSA level begins to rise. (This was when I asked how they monitor the cancer over the next two years on ADT.) Is this standard - no scans unless PSA levels rise? Just an assumption that all is well based on PSA?

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@scary1
This is pretty standard. With the PSA undetectable is very unlikely to find any cancer.

Some doctors do a CT scan every three or six months and compare it to the previous one, Because even though somebody is undetectable a metastasis can grow.