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Post RP, Pre-SRT PSA Levels and outcomes from ADT

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Useful guidance on who may or may not benefit from ADT after RP stratified by post-surgical PSA levels.

From RTOG 9601 "PSA Levels After Prostatectomy but Before Salvage Radiotherapy Associated With Outcomes of Long-Term Antiandrogen Therapy"

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"The authors of this secondary analysis evaluated the association between PSA levels before salvage radiotherapy and the benefit of adding long-term antiandrogen treatment to salvage radiotherapy in 760 men with PSA elevation after radical prostatectomy. Antiandrogen therapy was associated with superior overall survival in the group with PSA >1.5 ng/mL (HR, 0.45), with an absolute 12-year benefit of 25%. No benefit was observed among those with PSA ≤1.5 ng/mL. However, there was an improvement in overall survival seen in a subanalysis of men with PSA 0.61 to 1.5 ng/mL (HR, 0.61). Men with a PSA <0.6 ng/mL had no overall survival improvement but did show an increased risk of high-grade cardiac and neurologic toxicity with antiandrogen therapy.

These findings highlight both the potential benefits and harms of antiandrogen therapy and suggest that pre–salvage radiotherapy PSA levels can be used to personalize the treatment decision."

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Dear Sir, are these the choices that you are facing right now? I’ve been on the adt train now for over five years.. I was non op. Adt has kept me here so far after 8 weeks imrt . Will I be clear forever ? Probably not. It is a joy to talk to my dr knowing right now that pc is not actively chomping me down . I wish this status h guy or anyone seeking it . Good luck 🍀 ... Scott

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My friend- No I am way down the road from that decision. I had SRT and chemo after my RA-RP in 2007. And my PSA post-op was low (.04) so I did not do ADT at that time. BCR came 2 years later.

Currently I am off ADT after a partial (3mo) course accompanying SBRT/IMRT to pelvic nodes. Recovering T levels now in preparation for a first treatment to combine 177-Lu-PSMA with the experimental drug Veyonda in Australia. (Search LuPIN trial by Noxopharm).

Simultaneously I'm waiting for Australia to reopen to foreign visitors so I can proceed. Fortunately PSA is staying low and life is staying very excellent for me.

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Excellent ! I like your approach . Enjoy !

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