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Gleason 3+4, How did you treat?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 12 7:17pm | Replies (44)

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@keithl56 There is natural bias to recommend what you know so surgeons will recommend RARP even if they perform it poorly and will believe it is the best even when it is not. As far as ADT it probably does more damage than good for 3+4 local disease but is essential for metastatic disease. For AS: Did you get a decipher test? What is the doubling rate of your PSA? Those are among the factors that indicate how aggressive your disease is.

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I'm going to request Decipher when I meet with the surgeon. My PSA doubled in one year prompting this whole mess.

My surgeon at JH appears to be competent. His academic credentials are really good but I need to press him on how many surgeries he has under his belt and if he has data on ED and incontinence effects on his patients. He is currently running a clinical trial with aquablation, so he seems on top of new technologies.