Hello Maltaman and thanks for posting

I am sorry to hear about your situation and appreciate you having questions.

It is also my understanding that removal of the prostate following a previous TURP whilst not impossible can sometimes cause complications. As you say the outcomes for both surgery and radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer are very similar which is why both options are usually given to patients.

Research has shown quite recently that increasing the dose of radiotherapy over a shorter length of time (and less overall dose) gives the same outcome with less side effects which is why this is now being offered in some hospitals. This is a type of external beam radiotherapy called sabr (stereotactic  radiotherapy) that is a precise method of giving high doses of radiotherapy. There is more information about this here.

I hope this is helpful.

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Best wishes,

Naomi