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@abinoone

They are not wrong, that's the downside....

The upside is the outcome could be a longer progression free survival period, aka, vacation.

I say that because when I did SRT, my medical team stated SRT to the prostate bed. When I raised the issue of data from clinical trials showing that in high risk individuals, more often than not the BCR was already in the lymph nodes and the best treatment in terms of management was radiation to the prostate bed, entire pelvic lymph node system and short term systemic therapy, six months ADT.

They're reasoning, no long term data supporting it...

I acquiesced....

I will never forget my radiologist hesitating before turning to me 90 days after the 1st PSA test and saying my PSA had more than doubled from .3 to .7, the SRT had failed.
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@kujhawk1978 oh that's really distressing. My radiation oncologist is highly qualified and experienced, but a bit of an arrogant prick. It's been hard to get him to take the time to talk me through the pros and cons of including the pelvic lymph nodes.