Just had Prostatectomy 5 weeks ago. Go back to Surgeon on the 29th of September. Consultation and 6th week PSA blood test. Should go back to work on October 3 2022. Healing nicely. Some pain in left groin area. Where more was taken out do to cancer being near the outside edge. Sore after walking alot. Icing the left groin area. Looking forward to being cancer free. 5 on the aggressiveness scale. Gleason 4+3 and 4+4. Dr Bahlor and his team in Indianapolis I.U. Health cancer center did a outstanding job for me. Had bone scan and MRI before surgery. No metastatic area's at all. The key to Prostate Cancer catch it early! Get your PSA blood test now. It could just save your life. It did mine. Shawn.
The ability (or not) of the surgeon to widen a margin due to tumor position is a vastly under -appreciated skill. And quite a balancing act referencing the desire to retain nerve-related functions. At the top centers the top surgeons closely eyeball the MRI imaging …it’s all about capturing the cancer and removing it.
Not much said about whether a patient should or shouldn’t have radiation after prostatectomy, only that they should “have a conversation with the doctor about it”. This is a sort of “metal discussion” about the existence of guidelines for urologists/oncologists; not very useful to a person looking for information about adjuvant radiation following radical prostatectomy, as the title suggests.
Still wondering if IMRT (plus brachy) with wider beam margins than RP permits on surgical margins would cut way down on PC reoccurrence following initial ‘curative’ therapy. (Understand one can subsequently do salvage/adjunct beam radiation to regional area following RP if necessary…especially in combo with PSMA scan)
Dear Doctor: How about BCG? How soon after a Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy can I resume my maintenance BCG treatment for my NMIBC safely? Thanks.
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Just had Prostatectomy 5 weeks ago. Go back to Surgeon on the 29th of September. Consultation and 6th week PSA blood test. Should go back to work on October 3 2022. Healing nicely. Some pain in left groin area. Where more was taken out do to cancer being near the outside edge. Sore after walking alot. Icing the left groin area. Looking forward to being cancer free. 5 on the aggressiveness scale. Gleason 4+3 and 4+4. Dr Bahlor and his team in Indianapolis I.U. Health cancer center did a outstanding job for me. Had bone scan and MRI before surgery. No metastatic area's at all. The key to Prostate Cancer catch it early! Get your PSA blood test now. It could just save your life. It did mine. Shawn.
Great news. How’s it going on incontinence and ED post surgery ?
The ability (or not) of the surgeon to widen a margin due to tumor position is a vastly under -appreciated skill. And quite a balancing act referencing the desire to retain nerve-related functions. At the top centers the top surgeons closely eyeball the MRI imaging …it’s all about capturing the cancer and removing it.
All we find out is that there are guidelines. So what. No mention of the guidelines . Waste of time.
Not much said about whether a patient should or shouldn’t have radiation after prostatectomy, only that they should “have a conversation with the doctor about it”. This is a sort of “metal discussion” about the existence of guidelines for urologists/oncologists; not very useful to a person looking for information about adjuvant radiation following radical prostatectomy, as the title suggests.
please provide a link to the guidelines so that we can read then
Still wondering if IMRT (plus brachy) with wider beam margins than RP permits on surgical margins would cut way down on PC reoccurrence following initial ‘curative’ therapy.
(Understand one can subsequently do salvage/adjunct beam radiation to regional area following RP if necessary…especially in combo with PSMA scan)
Dear Doctor: How about BCG?
How soon after a Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy can I resume my maintenance BCG treatment for my NMIBC safely?
Thanks.
I guess this is just old web BULLSHIT. No relavent date.