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Why isn't hormone therapy used in all prostate cancers?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 5, 2023 | Replies (53)Comment receiving replies
Because of the side effects would be the simple answer. I know because I’ve been on it intermittently throughout the different treatments I have. Tiredness,weakness,sex drive,ED,bone loss,weight gain. So when a person has a low grade cancer or they catch it early enough it can sometimes be cured or controlled without the hormone therapy.
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My worse side effects are mostly hot flashes, which my urologist said would probably happen. There may be other side effects but, at 82, I can just blame age.
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The hormone therapy (Lutron) I had Starting at Mayo MN .. the Oncologist said it was to shrink the prostate... and the cancer.. the shot given was 2 months before radiation started.. it was good advice.. to keep living.. I
was 80 years old.. and had had a very good and active life.. I was not willing to second guess Mayo and my local Doctors for the inconvenience of losing sexual drive and performance .