How long should you take lupron for prostate cancer?

If you are interested in doing your researches on the matter, here are links that may help you to understand the facts. Just be patient and read them all. In a genitourinary cancer committee, members of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) presented the comprehensive results of their study but there were no comment about any benefit from a particular protocol with HT administered after RT as adjuvant. read more

In late 2011 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, high PSA number and Gleason score. I decided on radiation treatment, started with hormone therapy, followed by 5 weeks of external beam radiation and just had seed implants. read more

Lupron can be used to treat any stage of prostate cancer, but it’s usually used for recurrent or advanced cancers. In men with early-stage prostate cancer who don’t want surgery or radiation, there is no evidence that hormone therapy is more effective than watchful waiting or active surveillance, according to the American Cancer Society. read more

My husband had RP, radiation, followed by hormone shots for a year. Changed drs. due to relocation, and hormone shots stopped for 1 yr. During that time, cancer spread to his lungs. (Yes prostate origin) The side effects of Lupron, Eligard, and Casodex (which was ineffective) are bears, but lung tumors are growing slowly. read more