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Anyone Ever Opt For Transdermal Estradiol Over Conventional ADT Meds?
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I'm not on any form of ADT...currently active surveillance...so I can't relate any personal experience.
However, a few months ago I posted a thread regarding physicians, who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and the various approaches they decided upon. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/physicians-with-prostate-cancer/
In that thread, I posted an article/video interview by Richard Wassersug, PhD, and Paul F. Schellhammer, MD, FACS, who discuss the Estradiol Initiative; which is a movement advocating for transdermal estradiol as a standard-of-care option for androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in men with advanced prostate cancer.
If you haven't seen it, it's quite informative.
https://www.urologytimes.com/view/estradiol-and-adt-lessons-from-lived-experience
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@handera Thank you for the posting and the references you've provided here, and yes, I have become familiar with both the relevant mayoconnect thread and the Estradiol Initiative. In fact, I have viewed several of the estradiol-based videos (available on ANCAn and on YouTube), and I recently spoke directly with Richard Wassersug about the subject. As a result, I am beginning to feel as though I've become sort of 'semi-informed' on the topic, but I am always looking for more, and that includes the Urology Times videos, which I do not believe I've yet seen. So again, my thanks to you. 👍