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As @wheel1 mentioned, Surgery is possible after radiation.
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
One other thing to consider is that it is likely that the BCR is due to a metastasis somewhere outside the prostate, So treating the prostate isn’t always necessary after a reoccurrence.