Prostate cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes is more likely to be controlled if radiation is given along with hormonal therapy. A study was done and published in the Journal of Urology. The study showed that among the prostate cancer patients that had initially received hormonal therapy faired better than those that didn't use hormonal therapy along with or before radiation.
It is important to discuss adjuvant hormonal therapy with your doctor if you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. If hormonal therapy given right after diagnoses gives a better benefit than just radiation alone and causes less distant recurrences then I would go for it.
1. That is true.In my case prostate cancer had spread to my lymph nodes and I was on hormonal therapy for two times and then I had radiation. Now a year after my radiation treatment my cancer is still controlled and my PSA remains undetectable.
Posted at 10:16PM on Aug 25th 2006 by Aly el-tobgy