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This may sound like a silly question, but are there men who just have the prostate removed as a preventative measure? Some women have their breasts removed who
by waynecochran 1y ago
This may sound like a silly question, but are there men who just have the prostate removed as a preventative measure? Some women have their breasts removed who have a high risk of breast cancer.
- randcraw 1y agoYes, but I have no personal knowledge about radical prophylactic prostatectomy. You might start here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361217707_The_role_of_prophylactic_prostatectomy_as_a_primary_prevention_strategy_in_high-risk_germline_mutation_carriers https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361217707_The_role_... I've read very little about choosing radical prostatectomy very early after detection, but it's likely that it does little to improve survivability: https://medicine.washu.edu/news/surgery-early-prostate-cancer-may-not-save-lives/ https://medicine.washu.edu/news/surgery-early-prostate-cance... That said, if nerve-sparing surgery were done early instead of doing NON-nerve-sparing surgery later (a standard radical prostatectomy), perhaps that might diminish some of the typical side-effects of the standard surgery like impotence or incontinence. But I'm only speculating.