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Ductal cancer Gleason score of 8 Radiation/hormone therapy or surger

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 7 hours ago | Replies (10)
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@chipe

Hi, I am also 71 and had/have an aggressive form, Gleason 9. Had cancer outside the gland, found in a lymph node and also in my seminal vesicles, one side of nerves. I chose surgery because:
1. Surgery is not much of an option after radiation/ADT. In rare cases, it is done.
2. I wanted the source of the cancer out of my body.
3. Surgery+radiation+ADT = a "triple antibiotic" per se, you get to attack it aggressively and with all options except chemo.
4. I wanted to throw as much at the cancer as possible.

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jeffmarc | @jeffmarc | 11 hours ago

Didn’t they encourage you to also have chemo? Triplet therapy, which includes chemo, is what they try to use when the cancer has already spread outside the prostate.

For most people chemo is not as hard on the body as it used to be? You can get a cold cap for your head so you don’t lose your hair.

Just wondering, since you said you wanted to throw as much as possible at it.

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