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Gleason7(3+4) - treatment options recommendation
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I referred other members to review the U.K. Protec T trial results which were released in 2023 .
This was the largest 15 year study of Radiation , Surgery and Active Surveillance for prostate cancer . To my knowledge , Focal Therapy did nor form part of the trial .
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The study is pretty clear. It doesn’t matter which treatment you had results are about the same. This was started 15 years ago and they are many new techniques and even new treatments besides surgery.
It would be interesting to see what the results are now, because the new techniques may have more successful results. In the past radiation and surgery, at times, both left some cancer cells untreated, leading to future spread. The new radiation techniques have probably reduced the amount of untreated cells. The Mridian radiation is a big advancement.
The study started before use of SBRT and Cyberknife SBRT. Apparently IMRT was the radiation treatment. Again, I wonder what the results would be with the latest technology.