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My husband has stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 13 5:50am | Replies (44)
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@stevecando54

I was stage 4 right from the get go, as I was starting treatment with chemo, I asked the nurse why I wasn't getting my prostate removed, she said they could of before it had spread. I just figure it's too late for that now. best to you.

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Apr 17 5:43am

Yes, same here. Once the cancer has escaped the prostate, it's too late to close the barn door (so to speak) with a radical prostatectomy.

In any case, even with non-metastatic PC, radiating the prostate has the same overall survival as temoving it (though I would still have gone with removal if we'd caught it earlier).

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