booked in to have my prostate removed

Guy
The positive is that your PSA is dropping. If you didn't have the super sensitive test you'd be on 3 month tests as it would be reading <0.1.

The Radicals trial is trying to determine if follow up radical treatment for high risk men who have had a RP is the best way forward..That could be RT or RT and HT.

Smaller trials have indicated positive results for adjuvant RT ie RT given after a RP before a recurrance and usually within 6 months of the RP. Of course there can be additional side effects. I consider myself fortunate as the adjuvant RT I had didn't cause me any significant problems.

I would see the oncologist who is running the trial and get an opinion from them.

good luck mate

Bri

I saw the oncologist today and talked through the options. In my case with PSA of 0.075 and Gleason score of 7, the remaining cancer cells are very likely to be in the prostate bed. I could leave it and wait until the Psa goes up but by then it may have travelled elsewhere and RT would be no good. It has to be weighed up against the risks of RT. I've decided to go ahead and will have a CT scan in a week or so followed by six and a half weeks of RT - whoopee!! ( he did say one of the side effects is that I'll probably have permanent ED, but that's better than cancer!