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Yes, but I have no personal knowledge about radical prophylactic prostatectomy. You might start here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361217707_The_r
by randcraw 1y ago
Yes, 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.