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Ductal prostate cancer: Radiation + hormone therapy or surgery?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 22, 2024 | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
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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@chipe Hi. Thank you for your comment. My husband had a similar experience. At 51 had a Gleason of 10. Had his prostate removed and during surgery the surgeon said he could tell it had spread to the seminal vesicles. During surgery the surgeon removed 18 lymph nodes and after testing the cancer was found in one. He also had radiation therapy for 33 days and then was on ADT for two years. His doctor wanted to hit his cancer with every single defense.
How are you doing now? Are you done with your ADT therapy? How long has it been since you were first diagnosed?
My husband has been off of ADT for one year and five months.
Thank you.
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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.