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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 4 days ago | Replies (45)

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Yes. It's the same guy. I didn't realize that it may be good to get radiation oncologist and medical oncologist. I was thinking it was the same type of doctor. Right now, I only have the two appointments with t
medical oncologists. I haven't set up others yet and sounds like maybe I should start looking into a few others. Is there someone that overseas it all that would be good to talk with overall that can look at this and help me decide? I worry about that too. Also, I worry about waiting a few months like you mentioned before I can even start treatment. Currently my current treatment is adt and waiting for a clinical which I don't even know if I qualify for yet.

So on the list is: get a appointment with an urologist (different one than today) and radiation oncologist. Thoughts?

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You’re being on ADT can save you from your cancer growing anymore for a while. That actually will shrink it in most cases.

If you can find a center of excellence, they will have all three types of doctors you need to talk to, And they will all want to talk to you. Yes, you need a new urologist and definitely need to speak to a radiation oncologist. Get as much information as you can.

I can’t see any reason why you would want to do a clinical trial right now. If you end up on the placebo side, it could just aggravate your cancer. There are known treatments that work, When you have no other options, then a clinical trial is worth trying.