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@kjholz Well I agree with what it says. If it already escaped before the precedure then doing it won’t stop what had escaped from spreading. Yes, I was seriously considering SBRT but my Moffitt Cancer Center Dr ordered the Prostox test which came back that SBRT was high risk for future issues. We discussed doing PAE to help my urinary issue (weak stream, going a lot at night) prior to attempting SBRT. Because my tumor was interior in the transition zone it affecting my urinary stream. Doing Tulsa greatly helped that as well and now I have a good strong stream and usually only get up once a night at the most, sometimes not at all.

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@ucfron Hi there. We were deciding between SBRT (my husband's preference) and IMRT (mine) when we ordered Prostox. He's one of 1-2% who scored High Risk for both. Radiation was OUT.

We didn't qualify for IRE at a centre of excellence (private clinic would have but I read the patient reviews...😬). That left Tulsa Pro.

Asked my husband the other day if Prostox would have given us Low Risk would he take it. Unequivocal yes. Me --same. Thing is, radiation or Tulsa Pro, we'd still be fretting about recurrence...

Read all yours posts/replies btw, impressed by the homework you did.

Cheers.