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Re: When to start ADT

Allen Z:
I have just completed a lengthy and stressful research effort to determine a course of action following failed PBRT and a failing Casodex/Avodart protocol. Rather reluctantly I had pretty much settled on intermittent Lupron to be initiated when my PSA reached 7.0 (it is currently under 1.0). Along came a serendipitous reference to Xtandi. This drug will be replacing the Casodex in my "Hormone Lite" protocol prescribed by Dr. Myers roughly three years ago. A brief summary of my research effort will soon appear in my ongoing, on-line journal; see http://protondon.blogspot.com/

Re: When to start ADT

Allen,
I am in a similar place as you. I, like Don O, have failed Proton Therapy and now after 5 years of remission have a PSADT of about 4 months with a current PSA reading of 2.6. I had thought about starting ADT this summer when my PSA reaches in the 6-8 range but I recently ran across a study done by the Harvard School of Public Health and UCSF which says you might delay starting ADT. I've been on Trelstar in the past and am not looking forward to ADT again. Find the study at:

https://www.cancercommons.org/knowledge-blog/androgen-deprivation-therapy-to-wait-or-not-to-wait/

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