Prostate cancer options

[Ben Zioner]

31 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

I'd second that. For localised PCA the "Regret rate" for those who have chosen surgery or radiotherapy is twice as high as for those who elect active surveillance. The gain in life expectancy of prostatectomy patients is about 3 months.

 

I am now in the 7th year of active surveillance.

 

"Results showed that after five years, 279 of the men (13% of the entire group) had regrets about what they had chosen. The surgically-treated men were most likely to voice unhappiness with their decision; 183 of them (13%) felt they would have been better off with a different approach. By contrast, regrets were expressed by 76 (11%) of the radiation-treated men and 20 (7%) of men who chose active surveillance. Men in the low-to intermediate-risk categories were more likely to regret having chosen immediate treatment with surgery or radiation instead of active surveillance. The men with high-risk cancer, however, did not regret being treated immediately."
 

[Yellowtail]

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3 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

 

"Results showed that after five years, 279 of the men (13% of the entire group) had regrets about what they had chosen. The surgically-treated men were most likely to voice unhappiness with their decision; 183 of them (13%) felt they would have been better off with a different approach. By contrast, regrets were expressed by 76 (11%) of the radiation-treated men and 20 (7%) of men who chose active surveillance. Men in the low-to intermediate-risk categories were more likely to regret having chosen immediate treatment with surgery or radiation instead of active surveillance. The men with high-risk cancer, however, did not regret being treated immediately."
 

I am amazed that the percentage of people that regretted a particular course of treatment five years later is that low. 

 

 

[Ben Zioner]

3 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

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I am amazed that the percentage of people that regretted a particular course of treatment five years later is that low. 

 

 

I think it matches largely the toxicity of the chosen treatments.