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Proton Beam Therapy - Comments on adding ADT? Yes or No?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 14, 2021 | Replies (25)Comment receiving replies
I started with a PSA of 4.7. My biopsy returned all 14 Gleason scores at 10. Many were counted twice that. Immediately got Lupron. 2012.. today.. 2023, I am still on Lupron and it still works. I’ve had radiation twice.
So your body can tolerate the Lupron and it can tolerate the radiation. You will still be moderately active and happy. I, especially hope you have a significant other to support you. If so, I think your life will be fine, the side effects are manageable. Be ready to lose your sex drive. My story obviously has an aggressive. . My story obviously has an aggressive and invasive prostate cancer driving everything and not going away. Many people go into remission, only a few do not. Good luck to you!
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I am encouraged by your post stating that your aggressive cancer has been treated by Lupron for 10 years. I also have an aggressive and advanced cancer and I was on lupron and Erleada for 13 months along with surgery. My numbers are now low and my UCLA doctors have taken me off of all meds and checking me every 3 months. If the cancer returns ( which is my expectation) they say that they will put me back on ADT. As far as I am concerned, if an ADT treatment works for 10 or more years , I would be delighted. I am now 75. Thanks for your post.