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Phil - newly diagnosed with prostate cancer, need to decide on treatment

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Hi I have been told in the week that I have prostate cancer I was told this over the phone by a nurse at that time I was offered what she was calling radical treatment that I needed more scans which I am having next week and the treatment on offer was to have the prostate removed or radio trerapy I,'m 70 years old a widow of 18 months and very confused would removal be better than radiotherapy I have to tell them in 4 weeks time please help if you can

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    Hi Phil, I had radiotherapy in 2011 for prostate cancer, 37 x 2Gys, thanks NHS. However, in 2022 I was diagnosed with muscle invasive bladder cancer, after a cystoscopy showed radiation in my bladder. I have read that this can happen after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Please consider all options! Hope 'you' make the correct choice and you get rid of it!

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    Hi Phil, I had radiotherapy in 2011 for prostate cancer, 37 x 2Gys, thanks NHS. However, in 2022 I was diagnosed with muscle invasive bladder cancer, after a cystoscopy showed radiation in my bladder. I have read that this can happen after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Please consider all options! Hope 'you' make the correct choice and you get rid of it!

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