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@surftohealth88

Another thing to consider is that when somebody has BCR after RT it doesn’t necessarily happen in the prostate tissue.

But

People who have radiation as their primary treatment have been told by doctors that surgery isn’t really an option if there’s a reoccurrence. Other options are not really mentioned..

This study shows that both salvage focal therapy (HIFU and cryotherapy) and salvage surgery were equally effective at extending the life of a patient that started off with radiation.

Those that had focal therapy had fewer perioperative complications.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2844900

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@jeffmarc

It is really encouraging that newer and newer techniques are invented and explored 🙂 with promising results ! Hopefully they will become widely available soon.
I am sure that in decade or so there will be even more choices and maybe even a real cure < 3 and we all will be aghast when somebody would mention that doctor suggested RP or RT lol ! ; )