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Brachytherapy? Anyone have thoughts?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 13, 2024 | Replies (24)

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Here is a good website to compare odds of cure for the major treatment paths. You have to determine your stage, low risk, intermediate, or high risk (risk of recurrence). So if you are intermediate, pull up the intermediate chart and you can see the odds of 10-20 yr survival, etc. based on the treatment you pick.
https://www.prostatecancerfree.org/compare-prostate-cancer-treatments/
It is best viewed on computer or just print it on paper. Not so viewable on phone.

To make the graphs easier to read, i drew a dot on the endpoints of the elipses, and then drew a line through the dots. This turns the elipses into lines.

Also be aware the the graphs don’t show any salvage radiation benefit. This would boost the surgery odds up a bit.

And, this is a very dysfunctional industry from my view. Loads of bad info mixed in with the good info. Same with the docs. Many of them are more dangerous than the cancer.

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After 12 years of dealing with cancer doctors, I have found very few that I trust and most of them are definitely in it for the money. And very few have high-level of concern for your health. Not being cynical, but I’ve been this course. And the reason my PSA is at 70 is because, one of my doctors drop the ball. It’s very frustrating.

Your last paragraph here should be required reading for anyone with cancer and spending endless hours of online research.
Anyone who has ever spoken with just one Oncologist, should also be required to see two more.
Or three.
PAUL