Re: Re: Husband Recently Diagnosed [1 Attachment]

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We've been told by several doctors that the success rate for recurrance is about 50% for radiation after surgery. I wish it was higher. I'm thinking the success rate is only 50% because cancer has metasticized.

I think my husband likes the idea of getting the pathology report from the surgery to see if the cancer has gotten outside the prostate gland and also to his lymph nodes.

He also wants to take his chances that this will be the only treatment he'll need.

We'll see.

I might add, that I had read about proton therapy. However, my husband wants very traditional therapy right now. He's been considering the radiation or surgery.

I also only saw that the proton therapy was offered in Loma .

I just don't think it's something that he would consider since he can get good treatment at Stanford or UCSF, and we live in the SF Bay area.

Thanks.