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Salvage surgery or salvage radiation?
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@chippydoo another patient passed the information on salvage surgery, which the relapse is about 40% - 60% . I don't think it'll be approved by our insurance, knowing that their medical board who make the decision probably have the same statistic. There are not many studies about it, and whatever I've found don't seem to be very hopeful.
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@prettypass2000 Honestly I hadn't heard of it before. I suspect insurance sop is radiation. Is proton an insurance option? EBRT tore me up.
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Didn’t realize you were in Europe. They do have their own regulations for prostate cancer treatment.
I think I mentioned I had never heard of anybody having that type of surgery, It could very well be something that is done in Europe.
@heavyphil Made some interesting points about the fact that doing the surgery would not necessarily get micro metastasis eliminated. Definitely something to consider. Doing Salvage radiation would radiate the prostate bed and lymph nodes, If the ones that are problematic are in the area of salvage radiation then that would take care of them. Otherwise, as mentioned, you could have SBRT radiation to them.
It would be interesting to know what is decided after you see an RO.