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Treatment Decision - Radical Prostatectomy versus Radiation Therapy

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 19 10:23am | Replies (57)
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@groundhogy

Here you go engineer..

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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scottbeammeup | @scottbeammeup | Oct 10 4:09am

Can you explain what the circles mean a little bit more? The chart goes up to 120, so it's obviously not showing a percentage. Thanks

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Oct 10 5:29am

It's great that this site exists, but as I've mentioned before, use with extreme caution, because it can give you a false sense of confidence.

Combining and comparing data from multiple studies taken at different times with different participants and methodologies massively reduces the accuracy and precision, and it also can't account for other personal factors that your care team would take into accout.

The best way to use it is not as a way to decide, but as a source of informed questions to ask your care team. And pay attention only to large differences; smaller ones are likely just statistical noise.

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