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@paulsheldonfoote While I do agree that a significant percentage of surgeries ‘fail’, some pathologies such as cribriform or IDC are not completely eradicated by radiation. Nor are those cells which give a high Decipher score.
If you are in the lucky category of complete glandular containment and have none of the contributing aggressive pathologies, SBRT is definitely the way to go.
But some of us view surgery as merely the first stop on a long train ride with no idea how many stations we’ll have to pass!
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Pretty sure you are talking about Mark Scholz
During the PCRI conference a couple of years ago this was said
Seeds for metastasis were already there when surgery was done, waiting to grow.