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Why would my doctors recommend surgery over radiation?

Posted by robo45vt @robo45vt, Jan 24 8:03am

How come most doctors I talk to recommend RP removal instead of radiation? I ve seen good and bad about radiation. I m low risk 3+3 Gleason,PSA was 9. Age 64,thinking of removal but radiation surgery and urologist all we’re saying I can do AS active surveillance but probably need removal in 1.5-3.0 yrs. Does radiation carry a higher risk of long term after effects?

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ranger44 | @ranger44 | Jul 31 7:32pm
In reply to @embee992 "Hello, I have been newly diagnosed in the last month. I am curious to know what..." + (show)
@embee992

Hello, I have been newly diagnosed in the last month. I am curious to know what treatment option you have decided to go with. What gleason score did you get? Thanks.

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My Gleason was 4+3=7 so Intermediate risk, my Decipher score was only 0.38 so low risk of metastasis, my PSMA Pet scan showed no thing outside the prostate, so far I have opted for no treatment, just wait and see, my PSA went down from 6.44 to 5.12 since I cut out all sugar from my diet, my plan is to starve the cancer cells of sugar

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