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Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision

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It is a myth that the various treatments for PCa all result in the same exact cure rate.

Look up Dr Grim i think his name was. He compiled graphs of cure rates comparing the major treatment paths (surgery/radiation, etc) versus your risk staging.
He passed on but theres a foundation that maintains and continues his work.
There are real advantages of going one way or the other despite the industry mantra being… the outcome of surgery or radiation is about the same… Can’t count how many times i heard this false and ridiculous statement.
Think its prostatecancerfree dot org?

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I agree to an extent. But many factors should enter into the treatment decision.
Before PSMA and Decipher it was probably true, but now not do much. Things like cribriform/IDC and high Decipher definitely point toward surgery more than radiation.