Report on Surgery Relevant for Older Males

[itchyTF]

MRIs are a no-no for me since my pacemaker (and probably knees) is/are not compatible.

 

[d6mmwea]

Just saw this.
Glad to hear everything went well Jeff.
Take care Buddy.
Dan P.

 

[SGK]

if you choose radiation, surgery is not an option afterwords if cancer returns But if you have surgery and cancer comes back you can go thru radiation treatment.
2 yrs for me in Dec. having my prostate removed, everything still works but it took some time. (I'm 62 now)

That might be true of the old radiation treatments. It's not in the case of something like high-intensity MRI-guided radiotherapy.

 

[SGK]

FYI when I was considering treatment options I met with Carlo Greco of the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon. You can read a bit more about IGRT here:

Radiotherapy | Champalimaud Foundation

fchampalimaud.org

In had HiFu done by Professor Mark Emberton at King Edward VIII Hospital in London.

Guys in Florida that he trained include Dr Scionti in Tampa and Dr Bianco in Miami (who is doing my biopsy later this week).

Hope this helps someone.

 

[SGK]

MRIs are a no-no for me since my pacemaker (and probably knees) is/are not compatible.

Typically (modern) pacemakers do not prohibit MRIs of the prostate but they do require jumping som hurdles