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Gleason7(3+4) - treatment options recommendation

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 7 1:02pm | Replies (237)
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That is not true for all physicians and facilities. Doing surgery (usually called salvage, an unfortunate term) after radiation is more difficult, and many physicians don't want to mess with it. But there are surgeons in Mayo Rochester Urology who do the salvage procedure for appropriate patients. I am sure that is true at other major cancer treatment facilities.

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robertmizek | @robertmizek | Oct 3 11:37am

I had salvage prostatectomy after failed LDR brachytherapy with Dr. Ash Ross at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. It’s a delicate high-risk procedure and Dr. Ross is only one of 4 or 5 surgeons in the US that has done hundreds of these surgeries with good outcomes.

Nine months after surgery, I have zero incontinance and hope to regain full sexual function in the future.

Never give up!
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