Hi Guys,
Thank you for your prompt replies, and special thanks to Zet for the link to US studies.
Lots of interesting stuff, even that 3 or 4 CT scans gives enough radiation to increase risk, makes you think twice before requesting a scan?
I think being realistic, and putting risks into context, we are most of us at an age where we are going to die of something in the next 10, 20 or 30 years, and we sure as hell aren't going to die of being healthy, something will get us.
And of course a lot of us with the higher grade PCa's wouldn't be here now to worry about these increase risks if we hadn't had the RT.
To my way of thinking those of us over 60 are already being monitored for bowel cancer as part of the NHS screening process, so that isn't too much of a worry, in that if we develop bowel cancer that should be picked up early.
What about bladder cancer, are there any specific tell-tale symptoms that we should look out for, or are they all the usual mixture of PCa treatment side effects?
I suppose the most important aspect of these figures, is that it gives one more good reason for chaps with lower grade PCa, to go for WW or AS?
Chris, thanks for the bit about asprin, I have been on that for a couple of years now, not as part of any trial, but because I saw an item in the Times about it reducing cancer risk, my GP agreed and she put me on it. Subsequently when reviewing my medication my GP wasn't keen to stop asprin, because after years of thining the blood with asprin, we don't want to start thickening it, it seems to be one of those things like Tamsulosin, that once you are on it you should stay on it?
:)
Dave