Recurrence After RP

These tables (Han/Partin) won't let me put in stage T3b. Do they not extend to the very high risk stages?

Are there any tables that show any results after surgery & other treatment (example radiotherapy) right after surgery?

Thank you once again Matron.

At least I am not going with my first consultant, Mr Morbid with the bleak outlook, whose outcome results seem unvailable on the web, and I will be instead dealt with by a world-renowned surgeon on the NHS, whenever his waiting list permits.

I told him last week, forget any “sparing” niceties, rip out whatever you think once you get in there.

“John sparing” is the priority at whatever cost. We will never surrender!

And post-RP I will take whatever comes (probably not me anymore😂😂😂😂😂), but that’s life!

Kind regards, John.

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Thank you Matron and other contributors.

I have looked into this op with some scrutiny. Your “mystery man” with 3000 prostatectomies under his belt is bound to have had some failures, and to me is preferable to Mr Morbid with no outcomes available on-line.

If you check our fellow contributor Rafael’s posts, you will see his condition one month on - post RP. He is impressed.

I am still totally chilled about the whole thing, being asymptomatic, with a certain outlook on life which may differ from other peoples’.

I have backed a horse and hope it’s a winner. And I hope my choice of surgeon is better than my preferences for racehorses!

Is there an option to back it each way?

Yes too many differences to categorize all and changing situations. These are just an approximate indication and because based on past results, don't fully take into account recent and ongoing advances that are expected to provide improved and improving statistics. We know from our experience of members histology here that some men who are apparently at high risk do well while others at low risk have their cancer advance more quickly than expected for a number of reasons which include the type of cancer they have and how good their treatment was administered.

I haven’t given any indication of which consultants I was referring to. Members that have been badly affected and let down might name their surgeon privately but no one with any sense would even hint on an open forum as it would open themselves and PCUK to charges of libel.

Where I really did back a loser was in my choice of GP(s) who did not bother to tick the PSA box on my annual blood tests from 2010 to 2017.

I have become evangelical about it now, asking all my 50+ friends “What’s your PSA level?”. More often than not they come back with: “What’s that?”. I just say, “Next time you are at the doctor’s, ask for a PSA test to establish a base line.”

One particularly stubborn pal in his late fifties at my table in the pub went to the loo about three times after three pints, whereas I remained sedentary after five or six. “A bit of prostate trouble, there Phil? Get your PSA checked!”

“I don’t go to the doctor”. Shame, because he seems to be a self-made millionaire with Ferraris and Bentleys and an account at Coutts & Co, but might lot live that long to enjoy it.......

Another local pub held a PSA testing night, with volunteer nurses taking blood samples in return for a voluntary contribution to this charity. They gave out a little credit card sized folded leaflet regarding PCa. I picked one up for Phil. Don’t know what he’s done about it...

You can lead a horse to water........

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