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Which ADT medication is best?
Which ADT medication is best? My medical oncologist first suggested six months of Lupron, but she was fine with Orgovyx when I mentioned that prostate...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 17 9:27am
Decipher Results are in... ADT recommendations?
Decipher test results just in and unfortunately I'm in the high-risk range for metastasis at .69. Awaiting discussion with RO. Anxious to find out if...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 26, 2023
Testosterone recovery after ADT
I'm ending Orgovyx this month. I want to do whatever I can afterward to recover testosterone to my pre-ADT level of 650. I know not...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 26, 2024
ADT as a stand alone treatment
Was wondering if ADT is ever administered without radiation? I've read a lot about the two being used together, but no where have I seen...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 3, 2024
Salvage radiation therapy with ADT
Anyone with thoughts about PSA results following this procedure? In my case my numbers have been 0.00 when should I considered to have a curable...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 4 11:06am
Question on 5 proton treatments with ADT
I’m a 68 yr old male with a psa level of 17.3 grade group 2. My cancer is only in the prostate. I have been...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 12, 2023
On Orgovyx and abiraterone: Radiation with or after ADT?
Hi,I have been diagnosed prostate cancer Gleason Score of 9 High risk.One Doc wants to start radiation therapy immediately. The other Doc wants to wait...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 20, 2024
Beginning ADT and PSA tests
I had my first double dose of firmagon beginning January . I am scheduled for HDR brachytherapy on Feb 25, followed with a dessert of...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 24 12:27pm
Parenteral Estrogen: an ADT alternative?
Here is a link where this question was examined: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4052190/ Key points I learned: -Oral estrogens were the treatment of choice for carcinoma of the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 16, 2024
ADT and raised blood pressure anyone?
I am routinely on medication ( daily Bisoprolol ( beta -blocker ) for mild hypertension, but two months in from my first ADT jab (...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 9 3:39pm
ADT before surgery: Good idea?
I have been working with 3 COE’s . I have decided on surgery. 62 yrs G9, non metastatic, localized PC. PSMA pet 2/10th. Surgery 3/26....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: 6 days ago
ADT through a Urologist with an interest or an Oncologist?
Do Medical Oncologist even treat prostate cancer? My Oncology Surgeon's bio states he has an interest in oncology. Is there a significant difference between a...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: 2 hours ago
PSE test to inform continued ADT
I had SR to the prostate bed and surrounding lymph nodes last spring which was combined with first 6 months of Eligard followed by 12...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 4 8:28am
ADT or SRT first after BCR
I had my RALP a year ago. So far using standard PSA tests my results were all less than 0.1, however if this changes for...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 4, 2023
How to decide what next for ADT?
My husband had a prostatectomy in 2016 when PSA was 22. Gleason score 7 (4+3). Cancer was autopsied as mildly aggressive. Residual afterwards was PSA...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 4, 2024
Post SBRT and ADT PSA Results
Quick update here, had labs today, see RO Wednesday. At diagnosis about a year ago, 68 year old, PSA 7.4, one 4+3, one 3+3, Decipher...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 15, 2024
Cannabis as adjunct aid for ADT Side effects?
Cannabis is legal here in Canada.I’ve heard much about CBD and THC possibly helping in dealing with ADT side effects.I have a prescription for medical...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 9, 2024
Does ADT actually kill cancer cells?
It seems like a simple question, but finding a definitive answer is not so easy. My MO says yes - the combination of Orgovyx and...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 9, 2024
PSA numbers after radiation with no ADT
I tried to get a thread started about people who had radiation without ADT but often the thread got jumbled with input from people who...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 8, 2024