Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Prostate cancer surgery question

prostate cancer surgery question?
my dad just had prostate surgery yesterday to remove it due to cancer , durning surgery they removed some lympnodes surgeon said they were enlarged...so they sending it off to be tested it will be 2 weeks before the results will be back...does this mean that the cancer has spread???
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1 :
only if the results in 2 weeks shows cancer in the lymph nodes
2 :
Not necessarily but they do have to take precautions. The test result will let you know for sure if it does. until then be hopeful and read up more about the prostate. try this link for good prostate articles. http://healthlime.com/prostate-care
3 :
It does not necessarily mean that the cancer has spread. My understanding is that it is fairly typical to do that type of testing if surgery was opted by the patient. I have prostate cancer and did not opt for surgery, rather, radiation therapy. Did your father undergo prostacint scan?
4 :
I had prostate cancer and had the surgery. My surgeon told me that is is common and almost unavoidable to remove some lumph nodes. Don't read too much into it. Do you know your Dad's Gleason score? That should give you an indication of the size of the tumor. The surgeon should also be able to tell you if the cancer had spread to the surface of the prostate or was still totally enlcosed by the prostate - finding that answer should give you a feeling for what will happen next.