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Stage 3a, Group 9, just discovered. Dr. gave options but have question

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 30 10:08am | Replies (42)
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My layperson's understanding is when there's only local spread, they sometimes do "salvage radiation" (lower dose?) after a prostatectomy — the surgery removes the bulk of the cancer, then the radiation (hopefully) mops up the rest.

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groundhogy | @groundhogy | Aug 11 6:33pm

I don’t believe salvage radiation is as curative as primary.
Also didn’t the OP say he was very high gleason? That combined with some detected spread would be reason to not go RP.
You should READ all about RP and micro-mets and margins.

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