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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 22, 2023 | Replies (8)
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If you have no other clinical findings in the bones etc and If the location of the tumor was only in the prostate bed then radiation to the prostate bed pelvic area and lymphnodes would seem a good choice and is the generally accepted treatment for recurrence after RP.
I too have a recurrence after surgery Gleason 9 and had 1 pet positive lymphnode,I will be starting radio therapy and 6 months adt. Yes there will be side effects to the treatment but like you I'm still relatively young (61) and want to be around for a while yet, so I will take the treatment in hope of a long remission or even a possible cure.
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Yes - my Dr did offer radiotherapy as an option, but didn’t really seem to push it at all. I am interested because it seems like the technology has come a long way in a short time. My problem is that I live in Mexico and have no health insurance. At present, it seems like the very precise machines are not available here. I suppose I could sign up for Obama Care and go get treatment in the US. I have applied for disability insurance with the SSA, if that is approved I will be eligible for Medicare fairly soon and could go that route.