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Can hormonal therapy post prostectomy whither intermittent or continuous in your experience kill some of remaining ca cells i know it can stop the growth but can it kill the cells when it used alone as salvage therapy post prostectomy intermittently?
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It depends on many things e.g. gleason score and rate of rise of PSA etc. But yes it can 'Kill' by continuous and intermittent Rx
Answered 11/15/2021
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