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New Oncologist recommendation vs. prostectomy

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 23 4:14pm | Replies (25)
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Thank you and my best wishes for a complete recovery. I am in the midst of plans (having only met with my urologist/surgeon) setting up second opinion(s). I have a considerable amount of work to do. I suspect I end with surgery combined with ADT (for the cribriform), and hope, like all of us, to keep the cancer in check. I am slowly coming to terms that eliminating cancer with cribriform is not a probability.

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markrd | @markrd | Aug 23 4:14pm

Thank you and I wish you all the best as well. From the research I have read, cribriform definitely increases the risk of recurrence but it does not mean you are guaranteed to have recurrence. I think it also matters where the cribriform is located and the size of cribriform. Ask a lot of questions. I would want to know the degree to which additional therapies post RARP would improve my probability of not having recurrence, and weigh that against the negative side effects and risks associated with the additional therapies.
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