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Alternative to prostate removal surgery
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There are three types of radiation IMRT, cyberknife SBRT and MRIdian SBRT and then the non radiation techniques HIFU, cryotherapy, TULSA-PRO or more (others here may recommend).
If your PSA is really 4.25 and you have never had treatment then drugs would make sense. Have you had A biopsy. Have you had any tests that show that you have cancer? Do you know what your Gleason score is?
You could go on Lupron, which would stop your PSA from rising and probably get it down to very low levels. There are other drugs you can add to it that would even get your PSA down more. The thing is, they don’t give you those drugs unless you provably have cancer , You’ve given us no indication here that you have any proof that you have cancer.
Maybe you have BPH and that’s why you think your PSA is a little high.
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If I was to go through the surgery (doubtful) It would be the 5 treatment cyberknife procedure.
My PSA was 8.5 three weeks ago and that is on the medications so if what I'm told is true that the meds disguise the real number x 2 then I'm at 17
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I have three tumors one of the three is a Gleason 7 all discovered this April when I had a biopsy.
So, my PSA is now 8.5 but I am on Finasteride and Tamsulosin which I'm told doubles the true PSA level. I'm looking for an alternative to surgery, some other treatment or medicine that will help me control the PSA level. The surgery is very untasteful for me to go through.