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Originally Posted by hdh1470
Thank You I think i will have robtic surgery,from speaking to all the DRS i have seen the outcomes ten yrs out are about the same.What made me decide on this is that my parents lived til they were in their 90s and what Drs have told me is after 15 yrs out they start to patients with bladder and other types of cancers and just dont know if the radiation caused them or not.I also asked about proton thearpy my Dr said to go where they had done alot of cases and that would be loma linda or Mass. general I also was told watch the hype about all the treatments their is a lot of big money investors in all these different treatments. But again they say their is no wrong treatments about the same. have to do what you feel is right for you I think he told me last week a new study came out on proton thearpy and it showed its the same as all the others. thanks again and good luck
Oh just so you know i have been going to very good Drs at Loyola and Northwestern both good theaching hospitals
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My husband was diagnosed a little over a year ago with PC. He was only 58. Unfortunately his PC had spread outside the prostate and he had a Gleason score of 7. He went to John Hopkins and had a radical prostatectomy. They found cancer in one of his pelvic lymph nodes and thought his cancer would continue to spread. But as soon as he was diagnosed he completely changed his diet based on research done at John Hopkins. You may want to read Patrick Walsh's Book, Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer. Even though they don't have proof it changes the chance of recurrence, he has been cancer free since -- much to the surprise of his doctors.
Everyone is different. Do what you feel is best for you. For us, it was living as long as possible. Take good care of yourself.