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Is treatment for 88-year old Dad too aggressive for his age?
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lafc, I came across this the other day: presumably it's the provider whose report I offered to you before through a link expounding on the research he had presented there:
https://www.urotoday.com/video-lectures/localized-prostate-cancer/video/4525-overtreatment-of-prostate-cancer-persists-in-men-with-limited-life-expectancy-timothy-daskivich.html.
I haven't viewed the video myself, and I repeat that I'm not endorsing the contents nor the presenter - I don't know him at all, but present this for your consideration, as I believe it addresses what you had originally posted.
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Good article, the crux being that men with life expectancies of 5 yrs or less are being treated more than ever, mostly with radiation.
But “life expectation” is the wild card and some 88 yr olds will reach 100, while some 60 yr olds will not reach 65. It’s always gonna be a roll of the dice, especially when the 88 yr old is active, alert and otherwise healthy.