I have not begun treatment yet. The procedure that was recommended by Moffitt is to begin with hormone treatment to halt the growth and spread of the tumor. Tiny gold rods are inserted into the tumor area so that the radiation beam can be directed and on target.

Hello wellness100. No I don't mind at all. We who have gone through these procedures are a vital source of information for those after us. I have no info as to whether ADT will or will not shrink the size of the tumor. It may or may not, I have no clue. What my Oncologist told me was that ADT is used to slow and/or arrest it's activity. The logic being that once tumor growth is reduced and/or stopped you now have a stable target to aim at.

So to repeat. I do not believe ADT is shrinking the tumor size. If I said that it would be my error. We're all laymen here relaying our experiences to one another. I hope I've answered your question. If I haven't please post once again. Because if YOU have questions we can be assured that many others will also have those same questions. We're all here to help one another as best we can. Thank you for posting that query.