Guest guest Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Sounds like you made wise decisions. Got to trust your doctor. There may be some studies out there on the efficacy of radiation therapy following DaVinci treatment, and when the dust settles, you could track them down. just to back up your treatment plan. Have a nice Christmas and recovery. Regards, T I just wanted to give an update. My husband had his Davinci surgery 10 days ago, and we just had his follow up appointment. Original biopsy showed cancer only on the left side, but it was on both. It did go a little bit out of the prostate on the left, but the pathologist report said that the doc got everything. He doesn't need radiation. The original doctor told us because of my husband's original PSA was high(20), the cancer would be in the lymph nodes. Thank God, it looks like he was wrong, and the pathology report came back clear. My husband chose Dr. Yao from Palo Alto Medical Foundation and had the surgery at Stanford Hospital. He chose Dr. Yao over Dr. burg at UC San Francisco. My hubby liked both doctors, but Yao had done more surgeries and also had experience with open surgeries. Also, Stanford is much closer. I was able to go home at night and check in on our teenage kids. So far so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Suzie, That's good news and we are all pulling for continued good news from your husband's doctors. Mike C. To: "ProstateCancerSupport " <ProstateCancerSupport > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 11:46 PM Subject: Surgery update I just wanted to give an update. My husband had his Davinci surgery 10 days ago, and we just had his follow up appointment. Original biopsy showed cancer only on the left side, but it was on both. It did go a little bit out of the prostate on the left, but the pathologist report said that the doc got everything. He doesn't need radiation. The original doctor told us because of my husband's original PSA was high(20), the cancer would be in the lymph nodes. Thank God, it looks like he was wrong, and the pathology report came back clear. My husband chose Dr. Yao from Palo Alto Medical Foundation and had the surgery at Stanford Hospital. He chose Dr. Yao over Dr. burg at UC San Francisco. My hubby liked both doctors, but Yao had done more surgeries and also had experience with open surgeries. Also, Stanford is much closer. I was able to go home at night and check in on our teenage kids. So far so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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