I have had radical surgery in 2002 following a PSA of 5.4 and a Gleason score of 7; and my PSA dropped to 0.01; however, the margins on the surgery were questionable. Then by 2008 my PSA slowly climbed to 0.4. Following that I took radiation in 2008 and the PSA dropped to 0.089, now 2 years later it is up to 0.39 and my oncologists is asking for a pelvis and a CT bone scan, following which, if all is clear to start hormone therapy. On average how effective is hormone therapy? And how often must one take shots? Are they expensive?View Thread
Personally, I think this is a conservative approach, and since it is only for 4 months, there should be no reason not to follow his advice. Sometimes physicians like to hold back on hormone therapy and give it intermittently to slow the increase of the PSA over a period of time.View Thread
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