Hi

Hi G star and welcome.

To get the best advice it would be helpful

 if you could give some figures ie PSA, Gleeson score,  what the MRI says.

Regards

Steve 

Hi Steve,

thanks. 
8.6 PSA

will get his gleeson

mri - contained in the prostate opposite side to main nerves.

he is so torn as to what we to have robotic surgery, RT or the metal RT rods…

naturally he wants the one with least side effects continence problems and ED and the highest success rate of no more cancer….

M

Not sure when u say RT rods 

Anyway surgery can give ED and urinary issues but obviously not always.

The latest external beam RT is very targeted with hopefully no long lasting side effects.

Having surgery and the cancer returns, u can still have RT but very difficult the other way round IE surgery after RT.

Read up as much as u can and see what others say

Best wishes

Steve 

Gleeson 3-4

So that all sounds ok,  low PSA and lowish Gleeson, contained , potentially curable

That's good 

Radiation rods a better option?

Thanks Steve.

we’ve read a lot.

titanium implants with radiation.

beat wishes,

M

Not sure what u mean by rods, ,  there is external beam or brachytherapy, the latter there are 2 kinds, perhaps u mean one of those. Either way RT is a good altrrnative to surgery, a major op.

Steve