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Diagnosed Yesterday 04/14/26 - Gleason 9 treatment
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What part of the country do you live in? Consider that all your commitments and location could be small in the big picture of years ahead of you living and living with potential side effects and whether seeing a surgeon farther for very short term inconvenience outweighs the opposite. It is so important today that regardless if it is surgery or radiation, technology and techniques are changing for the better and absolutely affect end results. You are going to have all the pre diagnostic work ups complete with your genomic testing. Second opinions are crucial. Overall you might say I had five. My urologist had his say, but then I consulted at two major hospitals, eventually getting opinions from two surgical oncologist’s and two radiation oncologist’s.
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I am as remote as it gets in the world. Remote distant Alaska. Just got back here, as I mentioned I have all or most of the files any competent UO or RO would need including most images. Me travelling for two-three days each way to get to sit in a room to review these files doesn't make sense and so I am searching for a telemedicine or virtual consult. I could do it by email, phone or zoom/proprietary conferencing.. ETC. this is not unreasonable. Is there an expert somewhere out there that can do this at a centre of excellence? where?
If I was down in the lower 48 I would agree with your statements above.
Most likely I will have treatment in the lower 48 most certainly but at this point I want a second/third opinion on the treatment path or options based on the data in the next week. If that is not possible just tell me.
Thank you very much for your time!