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PSA level after Proton Therapy
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 17 6:15am | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
That’s because unlike ablation that destroys the cancer , radiation destroys the ability of the cancer to repair itself and hence that takes time. My thought is why wouldn’t some form of ablation not be better than radiation?
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It’s not a new therapy but I believe that it has not been studied enough for long term effectiveness. Certainly better in my opinion than radiation as it should not damage anything outside the prostate. My cousin had his prostate removed five years ago. PSA started to elevate. He underwent PSMA scan and they found something on a lymph node. More surgery and they did not find anything so he starts ADT and 39 radiation treatments. So I see no guarantee that the traditional so called gold treatments work all the time . Seems some get only five years. As a result I am doing active surveillance as long as it is safe for me to do so. My decipher score came back low risk
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From what I know ablation only targets the cancer not the whole prostate like radiation. When they give the BS about sparing healthy tissue it is the tissue around the prostate they are sparing. I tried to get HIFU done on my lesion but had too many calcifications to do it properly. The doctor said he did not want me to be his guinea pig. At least he was honest which is more than I can say for all those doctors and government officials who were and still are pushing covid vaccines and boosters.