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Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision
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Anecdotally…
Radiation can be just as destructive or more so than surgery. It wasn’t the prostatectomy that nearly ruined my life, it was the salvage post-surgery radiation required if the surgery doesn’t get it all and PSA rises.
Post-radiation >>> Impotence, incontinence, urethral stricture, Hemorrhagic bladder, urinary retention, anemia. Hard to stop the bleeding. Sorry if this sounds frightening , but we are all truly between a rock and a hard place. I hope your decision turns out to be the right one for you.
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It is not anecdotally, it is A FACT.
One have the same possibility of the same side effects and even some more with radiation, it is just that they appear later and with RP you can possibly have ED and incontinence initially but than incontinence improves over the course of one year and ED over the course of 2 years with proper rehabilitation.
Why is nobody mentioning those facts is beyond me.
Yes, there will be cases with zero side effects in both groups but the same goes for cases who do have side effects - they are present also in BOTH groups.