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How to find a good surgeon for radical prostatectomy
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 14, 2022 | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
@havhav, I agree with @web265, @edo and @darlynn. I'm sure you will understand that I have a bias towards Mayo Clinic and their top surgeons. If you would like to inquire about care at Mayo, here's how: http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63
I'd also like to hear from others like @alanr @bodeygolfer @budisnothome @dandl48
@juangui @ken82 @kowalski @kujhawk1978 @mrbill @poodledoc
@rxharleydude @sanway @scullrower @stoney @waynen.
What is your criteria for choosing a surgeon?
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A question - do any or all of the Mayo Clinic’s do PSMA Pet scans and if so, which ones? Can they be done with short wait times? Can they be paid for privately? Wondering about traveling to one to have PSMA Pet scan done prior to surgery to:
1. Increase odds of finding distant metastases that could have been missed by CT and bone scan as may change best treatment option away from surgery or add radiation to post surgical plan at earlier date
2. If local lymph node mets present as if can confirm (realizing high specificity if positive) if possible it would give additional knowledge to surgeon for best surgical planning.
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The first thing I would do is make sure that radiation is not an option. If surgery is the way to go ask surgeons to give you their track record: rate of infections, affect on urinary and sexual function, and most of all cure rate.