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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 19 2:46pm | Replies (719)Comment receiving replies
@jap57 my husband has been on a couple different HDT medications. Restarted Lupron and has continued therapy for the last four years as well, will stay on it until insurance no longer covers it. My question is, how often are your bone scans and MRI’s scheduled, and have you experienced bone issues. The side effects of HDT are horrible for my husband.
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@looloo2 I assume when you write "HDT" you mean ADT, i.e. Androgen Deprivation Therapy. If the side effects for your husband are terrible, he might be interested in an ADT drug, transdermal estradiol, that is being considered by more patients and clinicians, that doesn't have the same set of side effects. UCSF is hosting a seminar at 9 a.m. tomorrow
https://meded.ucsf.edu/events/6th-urotoday-journal-club-prostate-cancer-patients
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Hi doctor has me do bone scans and CT’s every six months. That’s as long as my PSA stays undetectable. We’re to start rise then I would probably get a PSMA PET scan pretty soon.