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Husband disgnosed stage 1: Should he wait 5 months for second opinion?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (43)Comment receiving replies
@jim18 just my opinion. I wouldn’t wait. There is a treatment some doctors have expertise in. That is freezing the cancer in the prostate gland. My senior friend had it done. He did not want to have surgery.
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@happyhounde, I believe you are referring to cryotherapy, also called cryoablation. Cryotherapy for prostate cancer uses extreme cold to treat the cancer. It involves freezing the prostate tissue, which causes the cancer cells to die.
Cryotherapy may be a treatment option for some men in early-stage prostate cancer or if there is a prostate cancer recurrence. https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cryotherapy-for-prostate-cancer/about/pac-20384740
How is your friend doing after treatment?