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Brachytherapy? Anyone have thoughts?

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@robertmizek

I used to be a big supporter of brachytherapy. I no longer am. I had brachytherapy in 2020 and it failed in 2023. The Doctor who did the procedure told me that if cancer came back, it was an easy option to have surgical removal of the prostate if the procedure failed. That turned out not to be true and I only found five doctors in the whole US that could or even would attempt to remove my prostate after LDR failed.
Other treatment modalities, such as cryo- or HIFU might be better as in the case of failure, there is a no collateral damage of surrounding tissues unlike LDR brachytherapy.

You’re a low decipher score is a positive indicator that you might have these options for sure.

Good luck. Hope everything goes well.

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Hey Bob, how are you after all that? I think you actually did have surgery, right? And then more radiation?
I reread some of your posts and it seems that you may have had some spread as well. Could you have done HIFU after LDR failure in your situation? Hope you are on the mend! Thanks,
Phil