ADT vs. intermittent ADT?

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Hope you guys can help me; I'm at a critcal crossroad:

Do I just do ADT or intermittent ADT for metastasized

PCa?

I'm new to this experience; I was only diagnosed on

9/17/07, and I'm trying to get up to speed.

I read conflicting opinions on the web, and I'm not

sure I fully understand them. Like the saying goes,

" A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, " and I may

have cherry-picked what I wanted to hear.

So I lean toward intermittent because it seems to

offer a better quality of life, long term.

As I understand it, this is the difference between the

two protocols: In regular HT, I continue indefinitely

until it no longer works. (and neither do I) In

intermittent, I'm taken off it after a year or more

(depending on which oncologist I speak to) and only

put back on when my PSA warrants it. And in that

window -- if I'm not over simplifying -- life can

return the way it was before I started HT.

The oncologist I'm working with rejects the

intermittent protocol, says there's no real evidence

to support it -- just internet buzz, and if I'm dead

set on it, I should find another doctor. He wasn't

rude, just felt, in good conscience, it's unproven.

He seems like an open, receptive guy. If there are

bonafide, unimpeachable studies that show that

intermittent works, I think he'd accept it and work

with me.

If that documentation exists, I'd be enormously

grateful if you could point me to it.

TDR

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