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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 7 11:02am | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
My urologist told me next to nothing unless I asked a very specific question. I was ignorant and did not know if my cancer was aggressive or not. Once I did a little research, I was able to ask meaningful questions but by then most of my treatment was over. When I complained about my awful side effects, he did agree to stop ADT but warned me that he absolutely would not consider testosterone replacement or any other treatment other than what he considered standard. My oncologist was much better but said that my urologist was the boss.
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@pesquallie
That really does sound crazy. Once I had an oncologist, my urologist was out of the picture, Unless I had a urological problem. He did his job with the prostatectomy.
The oncologist should be driving the treatment not relenting to urologist who will never be involved again, because radiation is what follows a prostatectomy. And if you didn’t get a Prostatectomy then the Radiation oncologist is who you speak to. Again, the urologist is out of the picture, because it is beyond their level of expertise.
I can’t understand what type of treatment center allows this.