Hi All--
I had a gleason 9 cancer, which apparently did not spread outside the prostate. I did the combination radiation therapy--5 weeks outer beam, and then the seed implants.
Now the question is: do I continue the hormone therapy (Luphron), for a year? That's the prescribed therapy if one does 8 weeks of outer-beam radiation, but my radiologist says that there are no conclusive trials concerning hormone therapy after seed implants. He does not see a reason to do it, but he wants me to ask my urologist.
I'm not finding any mention of this particular situation in my Google searches. All of them mention starting up hormones again if the PSA is rising, but I can't find references to preventive hormone therapy. Has anyone here been advised to continue hormone therapy after a seed implant?