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@mccannr
Absolutely incorrect. I am 73 with G9 and oligo metastatic disease. After aggressive triple therapy and radiation at Johns Hopkins, my T never recovered off all medication. My very experienced MO (>500 peer reviewed articles on prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment and cause; full Professor in 3 departments at JH; Director of the Brady Urologic Institute at JH; etc) actually recommended I go on TRT after almost 3 years undetectable PSA with T never recovered above 40. He said "you are a 70 year old man living in a 90 year old body".
There are many experienced, knowledgeable MOs that believe TRT in selected prostate cancer patients is beneficial. No doubt that quality of life is improved. There are serious detrimental health issues associated with long term T deprivation. Prolonged T reduction may hasten the development of more aggressive forms of prostate clones that do not need T to proliferate.