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Decipher risk: prostatectomy RP vs radiation.
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@brianjarvis I am with Brian on this situation. Many people believe that having an RP means that you are, “Getting the cancer out”. But very often some microscopic cancer escape has already occurred before the RP is even performed. Enter your data in the MSK nomogram here https://www.mskcc.org/nomograms/prostate/pre_op if you would like to see your odds of recurrence after an RP. Recurrence after an RP happens at least 30% of the time and up to 40, 50, and 60% depending on other risk factors. An RP is far from a guarantee that you are getting the cancer out. See more info here https://www.inspire.com/m/williamwattsmith/about/
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@wwsmith Sobering, but important information.
I punched in my numbers into that site and it looked better than I expected. It showed survival rate at 15 years at 98 percent. Progression free probability at five years being 77 percent. Progression free probability at 10 years being 64 percent.
So, reading into that, the stats say I'll likely live 15 years(!), but have a 23 percent chance of recurrence in the next five years and at 10 years a 36 percent chance of recurrence.
So, it's very possible that I will have recurrence.
Is there a tool like this for estimating recurrence risk for IMRT?
I wasn't able to follow the inspire link without signing up. Is that a good site for more information? Thanks so much!