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IMRT/VMAT Radiation with 6 months of ADT - anyone??

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 8 7:49am | Replies (47)

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@panch0 - thank you for sharing your experience! Sounds like you are doing well with exactly what my RO has prescribed for me. I am looking for compelling reasons to choose one of the treatment options (RT vs RP) over the other - a daily, if not hourly mental struggle.

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@johnsonjn Get the Prostox test for the type of radiation you want. If you score high-risk on the IMRT test you have 12x the risk of late radiation effects (mostly urinary & ED) vs. low risk. For SBRT (separate test) it is 9x the risk. Surgery has a lower risk profile (especially with a great surgeon) if you score high risk on both since your risk would be much higher than the RO' population stats. If not (< 15% test high) you can go with radiation knowing your risk is lower than the RO' stats. See the Prostox - learning post comment by kjholz on 5/1 that gives the exact wording from both tests. He was in the 2% at high-risk on both. He went with Tulsa-Pro due to Prostox results.