@copyman - I think it’s really difficult to pin a number on recurrence. Each case is different (is the tumor pT3b…pT2a…did it get into the lymph nodes…) - that said, the numbers my oncologist gave me for my two treatment options (surgery or hormone shots & radiation) showed pretty similar outcome paths, around 33% experience recurrence.

In my case, my oncologist was the surgeon who did my RP, and he didn’t steer me toward surgery at all. He laid out both treatment plans, the pros and cons, told me to think it over, then to let his staff know, and they’d handle the scheduling either way. He was very helpful in covering both paths.

Maybe it was because I had my treatment done at a large cancer center, so sending me to the RO simply meant trotting me across the hall, not to another practice, so it wasn’t like he lost any money over it. I really couldn’t say.