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How different is the recovery from surgery (RARP) compared to biopsy?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 20 3:30pm | Replies (15)
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@jeffmarc

Your question is puzzling because recovering from a biopsy is minimal, there really is no recovery normally. Recovering from surgery is a totally different issue, it is major surgery. Have you been given the option of radiation? Are you being treated at a center of excellence?

Did you mean to ask what is the difference between the recovery of radiation and surgery?

Here is an article that discusses the long-term issues with surgery versus radiation.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2826069
Recovering from radiation is quite easy compared to surgery, most of the time.

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albcan | @albcan | Nov 16 1:04pm

Thanks for the response and link.
I wasn’t asking about radiation since I have my RARP scheduled but have never had any surgery before so the biopsy was the first experience of any type I had and was fine after a day and read people saying they were ok and or functional a couple of days after their procedures so was simply looking for a comparison of the immediate recovery experiences to mentally prepare. Thanks Again for taking the time to respond, it’s appreciated!

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