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Surgery or Radiation?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 30 3:05pm | Replies (43)
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@geepop

I didn’t even think twice . Remove it and move on . Kicking the can down the road was not my option . I had surgery 8 months ago . It is not for the faint of heart but dam glad I did it .

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brianjarvis | @brianjarvis | May 24 12:28pm

That’s what’s great about having a number of equally successful treatment options - “remove it and move on” gets the statistically equivalent success rate as getting it radiated.
According to Dr. Kwon (Mayo Clinic), the locations of recurrence occur at different rates. See Dr. Kwon’s presentation about recurrence at: https://youtu.be/Q2joD360_pI

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | May 25 7:32am

Well, over 30% of all surgical cases do move on….to salvage radiation.
And yes, radiation can equally fail.
That is why AGE and other diagnostic factors such as Gleason, Decipher, PSMA and tumor load are all important in making a decision.
‘When in doubt, cut it out” rarely works for many cancers all the time.
Phil

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