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@vernonkent

Dave, I’m wondering about your approx. age and whether that was a factor in your decision to go with surgery. I’ve spoken with both a prostate surgeon and a radiation oncologist, trying to understand the trade offs before deciding. I am almost 76, and the surgeon was clear that a majority of men my age chose not to do surgery due to the higher risk of incontinence after surgery. Was that a factor for you? I will decide on surgery or radiation soon and your thoughts (or others who have faced this decision) would be very helpful to me.

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65 yrs old. Yes age is somewhat of a factor. Doctor says I am young enough and healthy enough that should help mitigate side effects. Hopefully the surgery is a "cure" if the cancer is contained in the prostate and is all removed I should be good to go. One of the reasons I am interested in the Laser Ablation is that they image everything to see what is there instead of just the biopsy cores. For the surgery or radiation I'm told they don't do the imaging.......