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Anyone dealing with concurrent prostrate and kidney cancer (RCC)?
Kidney Cancer | Last Active: Nov 5 12:09pm | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
With the nephrectomy behind us, we are once again tackling the prostrate cancer. Two options offered are either surgery or Stereotactic Body Radiation (SBR) Therapy, within the SBR we have two options either a 2 week procedure used with MRI, very specific or a 4 week treatment. We are inclined towards SBR vs. surgery, reasons being least invasive, high success rate, very close to results from surgery and decreased side effects.
Our question is, has anyone undertaken SBR therapy for their prostrate cancer, if yes, what were some of the side effects you experienced, was the overall process successful?
Any insight would be helpful, thank you in advance.
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In addition to the helpful post from @ronsale, you might also be interested in posts by @toolbelt talking about Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for prostate cancer.
- Let's get it started: My journey with SBRT (radiation)
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/lets-get-it-started/
@sv2024, which treatment protocol did you choose 2-week vs 4-week?
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I had the low dose radiation treatment for prostate cancer completed February 2022. It consisted of 42 low dose treatments done five days a week. I had only mild side effects, mainly fatigue. At the time I started treatment my psa was 12.1; on my last blood test two weeks ago the psa was .9, so radiation was successful. I decided against surgery because of my age; I was 79 at the time. As I have posted before, I am now being treated with Keytruda immunotherapy for Kidney cancer, and I also had five high dose radiation treatments to stop bleeding from the malignant lesion. I opted out of total nephrectomy because of my age. So, for me radiation treatment of prostate cancer with radiation has worked out well up until now, and treatment for the kidney cancer has gone well.