Male 55 healthy/active prostate cancer, scheduled for rp, psa 6.5 biopsies 6of8 pos 2aggessive, gleason 7. are there other options to consider other than surg. ct and bone scan clear. ?

Yes but: Alternatives are external beam radiation and radiation seeds (brachytherapy). At your age, conservative (watching) isn't advised. All of the therapies can cause urinary incontinence and e.D. - with surgery, they get better over time for most. With radiation, they get worse over time. Surgery is the time honored best of a bad situation. Good luck.

Prostate cancer: Due to the number of cores positive, your gleason score of 7 and your young age, it is recommended that you have definitive treatment. There are options to radical prostatectomy. If these have not been offered to you by your urologist, you may want to consider a second opinion.

Radiotherapy options: This is an intermediate risk prostate cancer with a fairly big burden of disease. Risk of extra capsular spread is significant, refer to newest partin tables. External radiation, brachytherapy or a combination with or without androgen suppression are real and viable options. Efficacy across board should b similar but side effect profile and intuition are different. U need to know all options.

See below: I would suggest to discuss alternatives with the doctor that recommended rp. Other option s could include radiation, radioactive seed implantation. Talk to your doctor. Good luck!

Treatment: Given his intermediate level of disease i agree with surgery in a healthy 55 yo. Options of radiation too, but i agree that surgery first gives more options for additional tax if disease is found to be worse.