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12
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The single most important thing you and your wife should do is perform your own research on prostate cancer and, above all, focus on curing your disease. There are three important reasons why you should do this:
- You usually get only one chance to be cured of prostate cancer. Some men can be successfully treated after a recurrence, but most cannot. Therefore you need to be certain that the treatment method and the doctor are the right choices for you.
- Most doctors will recommend the treatment that they perform, but this may not be best for you.. Urologists, who are surgeons, typically recommend a radical prostatectomy and radiation doctors will recommend some type of irradiation. Unfortunately, it’s like buying a car. When you go to a Chevrolet dealership, you will be told about Chevrolets, and only Toyotas will be sold at a Toyota dealership. You, and all men, should be aware that the treatment recommended by your doctor may not be best for your individual case of prostate cancer.
- Doctors usually only talk about treatment of prostate cancer; they rarely discuss how well they cure this disease. This is because doctors rarely keep up with all the patients they treat. Your focus should be on cure, not just treatment. Any doctor can treat you, but the real question is “can a doctor cure you?”
These are the basic reasons why you should perform your own research. This pamphlet will educate you about prostate cancer, but more importantly, it will empower you with an informed decision-making process that enables you to determine treatment based on cure rates for your own case of cancer.