Questions for medical professionals with prostate cancer

I'm just wondering if this forum includes any medical professionals who are surviving prostate cancer? I'm asking because you would obviously be more informed than the average patient. I'm particularly interested in those who had a lower grade form of the cancer where more treatment options are often available. I'm interested in all medical professionals, but of course it would be particularly interesting to hear what treatment choices urologists or oncologists have chosen.

So if you are out there, here are my questions:

1) What treatment option did you choose and why?

2) Was your choice of treatment different than you may have recommended before the cancer became a personal issue? (I've heard that this is sometimes the case.)

I sincerely doubt you will get a lot of action on these questions.

There are really only 3 major options, with sub choices. Surgery, radiation, or no treatment. If you want to put cryoballs and Hifu into an other category, you could obviously make some other choice columns.

Most urologists are also surgeons, so it will be a tough call with a Gleason 6. I think Brachytherapy is being accepted as a treatment of choice for low Gleason PC. The radiologist will most likely choose radiation, which could be Brachy, IMRT, or Proton.

I think the important thing for you is to make sure you have a Gleason 6. I would recommend a second opinion. A Gleason 7 is a different story.

Welcome to HW, and keep asking questions and reading.

Check out Dr Fred Lee's story.....Rochester Urology......long term survivor of Pca.....still practicing medicine at the age of 80.....Cooper

I am a Dr. of oriental medicine, and have been in the medical field for 28 years. since I was 17.... My wife of 20 years is a critical care nurse. I would have advice anyone to have followed the same path as I did under the circumstances I had. I was 44 at time of diagnosis, VERY healthy otherwise. G6 I asked all of my Dr. friends meaning I had like 12 second opinions from Dr. ranging from surgery to pediatrics.... They all agreed that due to my age and health, RRP was best and only real option for me to make sure we get all of the cancer out. Due to my age I would be able to recover just fine from any side effects from the surgery.

I believe I am slow in recovery but I guess statistically I am not. I was hoping to have wood in post-op....I am responding very well to trimix, and partially to oral meds at this time, I am getting partial nocturnal erections nearly every night now. But most importantly PSA zero club member! So, I would say I choice wisely with alot of advice from colleges / friends in the medical community.

As to the second question: No I do not think I changed the way I thought about the treatment of MY cancer differently once it became personal. I have always said "if you can cut it out, then do so" for any cancer..that is as long as it is safe to of course.