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What are common side effects of salvage radiation therapy?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 16 10:43pm | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
My 6 month eligard shot was only given 3 days before my radiotherapy (25 x imrt) began for bcr and no additional meds for lupron flare, they said with my low PSA 0.27 it wasn't necessary.
I'm not so sure, I hope it isn't detrimental to the outcome of the radiation treatment.
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I expect that given the six months of ADT and radiation to a known target, think smart munitions versus dumb ones, you'l be ok.
What you won't know is would it have changed outcomes such as progression free survival, radiographic free survival, overall survival...since it's not a laboratory experiment which you can run again.
In the business world it's called a "sunk" cost, not germaine to the decision at hand. Should you need to do something similar in the future, you can certainly learn from this experience and ask questions of your medical team.