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I'll second @retireditguy on the importance of going to a "centre of excellence" (we just call them "Cancer Centres" in Canada, and they're usually attached to teaching hospitals and universities).
Not every individual urologist or radiation/medical oncologist keeps up with the latest research, and things have been moving forward at breathtaking speed over the past 5–10 years, so you'll have the best outcome at a big, multidisciplinary centre where the doctors are also researchers and teachers.
Thanks for taking the time for such a comprehensive response. I'll get the book. I'm 66 with an irregular heartbeat (no damage to the heart function). Also never been seriously sick before. The test showed a Gleason of 4+3 (7). I've talked with two doctors in the past week. One described it as an entry level tumor, the other compared it to a dog and said it was not a labrador but not a pit bull.