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New to the brotherhood, is my event timeline reasonable?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 5 8:08am | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
Logan, Jeff makes excellent points; you have a more aggressive case. You absolutely should get to a large center where a team approach - radiologist, oncologist, or any combo thereof, can treat you appropriately.
You should ask about adjuvant radiation, which is administered about 90 days after surgery. ADT is, of course, in the picture. I feel you need to hit this hard NOW before any further spread occurs. DO NOT WAIT for 0.2 PSA, as most urologists/surgeons recommend. That’s old time thinking with the pathological features you present. Best,
Phil
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Hello Phil,
Appreciate your comments, especially the recommendations that yourself and Jeff both have given.
I will reach out to Mayo, perhaps Duke as well to find out which can work me in sooner.
I'll also request our urologist to provide cribriform gland size (small/large) since pathology merely mentioned "present", I'll also request a Decipher test on tumor tissue removed during surgery or earlier biopsy if any remains.
Feel overwhelmed at times but fully agree that time is of the essence and need to move onto radiologist/oncologist type care at this stage and not wait for rising PSA.
thanks again