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ADT and CBT
A last question, perhaps. I live in a part of the world where the use and consumption of cannabis is regulated, and legal. In no...
Radiation + ADT
Like many of you, I am weighing my options regarding surgery vs radiation. 61yo, healthy and active guy. PSA 5.5, MRI negative for any spread...
ADT. Afraid of it
I’m 4+ 3 Gleason in one core. But recent mri shows tumor growth. New biopsy coming. They want to add ADY and I’m scared to...
ADT with EBRT and Brachytherapy
Apologies for perhaps asking a redundant question. There are some recent studies that claim that a dose of ADT, when selecting EBRT and a Brachytherapy...
ADT and effect on kidneys ?
Has anyone had ADT cause kidney problems ? I have been on ADT for 3 1/2 months. Recent blood tests show an elevated level of...
Encouragement for those on ADT
I have a friend, age 65, who underwent RP two weeks after I did in April last year. Unlike me, he began a course of...
Protein intake and ADT
One of the side effects of ADT is muscle loss. I start ADT on May 13. Shortly after I will receive 44 fractions of proton...
ADT and weight loss?
My husband's been on ADT, elegard injections for over a year and has not gained any weight. He's 5'11" and weighs 153. (His treatment was...
IMRT Radiation and ADT
My husband Jeff was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. He is 62 yo and mostly in good health- walks, runs, bikes, pickleball, lifts weights. He...
Radiation with or without ADT
After RARP April 2019, pT3a pNO cNO VO LO Pn1 RO Gleason 4+5 =9
Husband not responding to ADT
My husband was diagnosed with aggressive and advanced prostate cancer in spring 2022. Started Orgovyx in July 2022, and did 25 radiation treatments. At appointment...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Is this normal on ADT? Body hair gone
I'm almost on my 6th month of ADT. This morning I noticed that almost all my body hair is gone except for the hair on...
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...
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...
Who is a good candidate for Intermittent ADT?
Who is a good candidate to take a holiday from ORGOVYX until psa start rising and then go back to taking ORGOVYX again?Is it only...
Gleason 9: ADT before radiation
I have been on active surveillance since 2016. PSA jumped from 6 to 10 and biopsy Gleason 9. Doc ordered Luperon and radiation. Does it...
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