TRT didn't harm men on AS in retrospective study

[Tall_Allen]

In a retrospective SEER database study (men on Medicare), 167 men on active surveillance (AS) received testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). After 5 years of follow-up, they were no more likely to have to have radical therapy than men on AS who didn't get TRT. This was only a retrospective study on a small population, so it is entirely possible that men selected for TRT were thought to do well with it. Just hypothesis generating, not proof.

sciencedirect.com/science/a...

[LowT]

Read critically and with caution.

[cesanon in reply to LowT]

Explain please.

[janebob99]

This is very interesting and relevant to me, since I take TRT daily, and I have Stage-III prostate cancer. I am taking Dutasteride, since my DHT levels are inappropriately high. My PSA dropped from 10 to 5.5 after taking Dustasteride. Thanks for posting this favorable study!

[900312611 in reply to janebob99]

Not raining on anyone’s parade, but doesn’t Dutasteride lower PSA lab test levels by about half within six months just like Finasteride?

[janebob99 in reply to 900312611]

Yes, that was my experience. (see above)