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Mayo Clinic Dr to guide conversation on treatment options
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 7 8:16pm | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
Yes, I reviewed the first appointment with the oncoligist thread you reference. The stage is 1, Gleason 3+3, August of 2022 biopsy and diagnosis, no treatments yet. I have contacted Mayo about a follow-up and to schedule the second biopsy. They indicated that I start in the Urology dept for consultations and then bring in oncology from the cancer department if the cancer has spread. That was confusing to me given the other threads that seem to indicate others have consulted with oncologists and hadn't yet shown a spread of the cancer outside the prostate. Maybe there are oncologists in the Urology department familiar with all of the different treatment options?
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Yes @dbee, as @jb2buckwater confirms, for prostate cancer it is typical to start with Urology, which includes cancer expertise.
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I don't know if it helps, but originally I went to Mayo to meet with interventional radiology (Dr Woodrum) and urology was partnered with them in various treatments they cover together, I saw others along the way too each time I went. Dr Woodrum had/has various treatments for urology: cryo, Focal laser, etc so I scheduled with him to see what he could do (if anything) and stayed in AS with urology there till I had to have treatment.