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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 12 9:14am | Replies (25)

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@capatov Do you remember if they did IMRT-SIB wherein the hit the seminal vessels at the same time? That is what I was offered due to my negative MRI, low PSA, Gleason 7 (favorable). They were concerned that without good scans the PC could have traveled. I was also offered SBRT, but they also wanted to hit the prostate bed. The low PSA expression also added some issue in tracking for BCR while PSA fell to NADIR so in the end, the consensus was "getting to PSA zero" through RP. Good news is no incontinence, but partial ED still at 16 months. Excellent news on your part about the lack of side effects and PSA numbers !

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@beachflyer I do think I may have had some seminal vessel involvement. I don't know if my IMRT was SIB? They did the follow up high dose brachytherapy "boost" on top of the five weeks of IMRT. I also had six months of ADT while the treatment was going on to increase the chances of an effective treatment program.

I never wanted surgery so I was very pleased that the Urologist and RO felt my radiation based program would be effective.

Now 10 months post treatement...my PSA is at .01. My treatment team seems pleased as am I.

Good luck to you as well