Second opinion for husband's stage 4A prostate cancer? And update
My partner was diagnosed with stage 4 A prostate cancer with spread to pelvic lymph nodes. Oncologist has recommended surgery followed by radiation and hormone therapy for a good prognosis. He is 65 healthy and no symptoms. PSA was 11. Has a history of prostrate cancer. Was wondering if we should get another opinion regarding getting surgery first. The dr wants to treat it aggressively. Any advice on what to expect, next steps appreciated.
More Information: Hi father died of prostrate cancer as did his uncle. His Gleason score was 9. And all 12 pieces of the biopsies had cancer: Prostatic adenocarcinoma, Grade Group 5 (Gleason score 4+5=9), involving 100%, 100%, 90%, 90%, 90%, and 80% (15 mm, 14 mm, 14 mm, 14 mm, 14 mm, 5 mm) of 6/6 cores. PSMA pet scan results: Intense PSMA uptake in the prostrate gland from apex to base.No psma avid osseous metastases. Non puma avid low attenuation bilateral adrenal nodule are indeterminant. Recommend dedicated contrast imaging for further evaluation. They did genetic testing waiting for results. This is being done at Cornell Weil in Manhattan with experts in the field.
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I had SBRT, which is somewhere in-between IMRT and Proton in terms of precision.
Despite some side effects, in retrospect I have no regrets about getting radiation therapy that affected a wider area — the less precise it is, the more likely it will catch something they missed.