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How many saw Urologist for prostatectomy vs Genito-Urinary Oncologist?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 3, 2025 | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
Thanks for the reply. How many years has it been since your radical prostatectomy? How many radiation sessions did you have? I was surprised when my urologist said that if/when I eventually need radiation, it is "40" consecutive days of radiation..."forty days." I thought that was rather amazing. To hear you and others say that their cancer came back after radiation makes me shout a bit "HOW" and "WHY"? With the prostate gone and many radiation sessions to kill-off the remaining cells that kicked up your PSA, how did it come back. The science and the treatment clearly are not perfect. Anyway, I am most interested to the answers to my first questions: How many years has it been since your RP, etc.? Thank you
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I have the prostatectomy 15 years ago. My PSA started rising 3 1/2 years later and I was given 7 weeks of salvage radiation. 2 1/2 years after that, my PSA started rising again, and I went on Lupron.
Now my case is a little different because I have BRCA2, Which prevents my body from correcting DNA errors and that results in prostate cancer for many of people with the BRCA2 hereditary problem.
I have run into many people that had prostatectomy and needed salvage radiation, Up to 40% of the people that have prostatectomies need salvage radiation.
The problem is Micro metathesis can start growing, And a PSMA pet test cannot find them unless they are over 2.7 mm in size.