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Should you get a bone density test if on ADT for only 6 months?
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A 2024 study was done to see if patients were being monitored according to accepted guidelines:
"To reduce the complications of ADT, the American, Canadian, and European Urologic Associations have developed monitoring guidelines specifying that all patients on ADT should undergo routine measurement of plasma glucose levels, lipid profiles, calcium/vitamin D levels, and bone mineral density measurement at the initiation of therapy and at regular intervals thereafter (every 6–12 months for laboratory investigations, every 1–3 years for bone mineral density."
https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.35606
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@climateguy
I know of no one who had the tests you listed. Everyone I know got radiation or surgery with only a biopsy and PET scan. All also got ADT for 18 or more months.