Jane,
Sorry you find yourself here, and for your dad.
The hormone injections (usually 3 monthly, although the first one is sometimes just a month) will stop the prostate cancer cells growing. Depending on which drug they use, there may be a 3-4 week course of tablets at the beginning too, and the injections start roughly in the middle of this. The hormone therapy might also help with some symptoms, such as getting up so often to pee.
At 88, I suspect they will just try to manage the disease using hormone therapy. Radiotherapy might be used to improve his quality of life if there are any mets pressing on vital organs (such as the back pain if it's related, but it might well not be).
An 88 year old without symptoms would probably not be treated at all, because they would be unlikely to die from prostate cancer, but as his symptoms may be prostate cancer related, they might treat the symptoms.
Edited by member 13 Sep 2020 at 14:35
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