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Hi Mikeo! We're pretty similar in diagnosis. I just turned 70, had a single 4+3 core, prostate smaller, PSA max was 3.4. I'm being treated at Mayo Jax by SBRT. We were debating adding any ADT and my RO wanted to see my genetic prostate score before making a recommendation. Unfortunately, it came back at .69 putting me in the high risk group. Given that, I'm adding 6 month of Orgovyx. Had Orgovyx not been an option, I don't think I would have done any ADT due to the higher risk profile of the other drugs. Given Orgovyx is a daily oral and recovery is much quicker than previous drugs, I was more comfortable giving it a go. My RO believes it will reduce my risk of distant metastasis in the next 10 years by half. I did read the articles you mentioned. Although the study showed no significant improvement in overall survival with the addition of short-term androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) to dose-escalated radiotherapy in patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Benefits were observed in rates of metastases, prostate cancer–specific mortality, and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) failure. Hopefully I'll have a chance to chat with you in 10 years and we can better assess our decision making (-: Best wishes!

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If you have seen some of my other posts, you will know that I am self-castrated. I was on Androgel since 2008 for low testosterone so when I stop applying it within 60 hours my T level drops to castrate levels. My radiation oncologist didn't believe me and had me tested and it came back as 12 ng/dl which is lower than the six-month Lupron shot claims in their literature. I went off it till I get my three month post radiation PSA level because off it I feel like crap and tired even though I walk almost every day for over an hour. I only stopped it to hedge my bets and I would not have taken the shot either. I will be very interested to see what my bloodwork says my level is when I have it tested on July 5. I wonder if the boys are still sleeping as one of the urologists told me it could be a year for them to recover after being asleep for so long. Well tomorrow is cataract surgery and from what I hear from people who have had it I will be able to see like and eagle.