Advice on treatment outlook

You will know more when you get your biopsy results. Radiotherapy is so effective these days that the outcomes are similar to surgery, so yes, see an oncologist too.

I had two out of twelve lymph nodes cancerous, but am still all clear seven months after prostatectomy.

I urge you you order the information folder called the ‘Toolkit’ from PCUK.

Best of luck.

Cheers, John

https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information/our-publications/publications/tool-kit

Edited by member 27 Jan 2019 at 01:16  | Reason: Not specified

You should definitely see the oncologist too. They have a different perspective on things, and the difference is useful in throwing light on what really matters to you.

As has been said, your choices may already be slightly limited - but you need both sides of the story.

The outcomes are broadly similar, as Bollinge said, but the possible side effects and risks are very different. It's vital you get the maximum input, so that where there are choices, you make the best one for you.

This is not quite the same as 'the right choice' - but in PCa, there isn't just one 'right choice'; it always depends on your lifestyle, age, expectations, etc.

The toolkit is a great place to start.

Edited by member 27 Jan 2019 at 10:05  | Reason: typos, clarity

One oncologist told me I am ‘cured’ - what a silly thing to say - and another one assured me ‘It won’t kill you’.

The statistical prognostication of the Memorial Sloane Kettering Hospital Nomogram says I have a 96% of living over 15 years, given my specific condition, by which age (78) I might be dead of something else.

So to be frank, my diagnosis has not really bothered or worried me at all, even from the first raised PSA figure 14 months ago. So whilst my PSA remains undetectable, I am carrying on being cured.

If I had had liver, pancreatic or lung cancer, I would have a totally different mental outlook!

As I said before, you’ll be much wiser when the biopsy results come through.

Cheers, John.