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The below is a Mayo Clinic report of clinical T3 followed by surgery. Most patients were treated in early 90's and ten year survival from cancer was 90%; 15 year 79%.
More recent patients would expect greater survival, much more recent patients, much greater survival.
Radical prostatectomy for clinically advanced (cT3) prostate cancer since the advent of prostate-specific antigen testing: 15-year outcome.
Ward JF, Slezak JM, Blute ML, Bergstralh EJ, Zincke H.
Tarhoosier,
Thanks for finding that reference. These numbers give me a lot more optimistic outlook with my T3B case. All we need is one more significant treatment for advanced PC in the next 10 years (almost certain to happen) and I won't have to worry about it shortening my life.
Note that the study mentioned above was for men diagnosed with clinical T3 cancer. That is, before surgery they were known to have spread out of the organ. Such men often are pushed to radiation since cure by scalpel is so much less likely. Is it possible that men with pathological found spread after surgery (pT3) might do better then these brothers who in essence had a debulking surgery?
