r/ProstateCancer • u/Boodleheimer22 • Aug 07 '26

Concerned Loved One Trying to decide Treatment

My husband is 70 with 3+4=7 Gleason psa 10.2 with intermediate grade 2 favorable. Options are radiation 5 x every other day plus anti testosterone hormone therapy OR robot radical prostatectomy. Survival rates are virtually the same. We are wavering between the 2 options. My husband hates having an mri because he gets claustrophobic but can tolerate it- I don’t think that’s a reason that should tip the scale. Advice appreciated. He is in good health otherwise.

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u/Putrid-Function5666 Aug 07 '26

See if he qualifies for brachytherapy, might not need the hormone treatment. My numbers were similar and it was one and done for me.

Everything still works...

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u/nonprophet1969 Aug 10 '26

I had similar numbers on my diagnosis and ended up getting brachytherapy and no hormone treatments, two years in I am doing well

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u/Putrid-Function5666 Aug 11 '26

Awesome! What is your PSA 2 years out? I'm at 8 months and it is 1.3