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Age 73, PSA 10, Gleason 8

My father was just diagnosed with Prostate cancer.  22.5% total involvement.  Gleason score of 8, PSA is 10.  He is starting radiation treatment right away.  A bone scan and CT is being booked.  More than likely one day next week.  The doctors have suggested hormone therapy and radiation as opposed to removing the prostate/surgery.  They say it is because of his age.  Is the surgery a better chance at improvement/length of life than radiation and hormone therapy?  I'm not understanding the reasoning in choice of treatment.  father is 73 years old.
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The reasoning is simple. At age 73 you don't heal nearly as fast as you did when you were, say, 25. To put it bluntly: there's a chance, probably small, that he wouldn't survive such a wound. Since there are other options available, the doctors probably don't want to take the risk (rightly so, in my oppinion).
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Hi, these are questions for your Oncologist. Its possible with a gleason score of 8, which is not a fast growing cancer, they feel the surgury would have more complications.
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