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Radiation for Prostate Cancer? Here's Why You Should Just Say No
Your PSA number isn't the problem. The treatment your doctor recommends for it might be.
In this episode, Dr. Stephen Petteruti makes a bold, evidence-backed case against radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Drawing on the landmark ProtecT trial and other research, he explains why radiation — whether adjuvant, salvage, or seed-based — has never been shown to reduce death from prostate cancer, yet reliably causes lasting harm.
Dr. Stephen walks through the real data: men who received radiation had the same survival outcomes as men who did nothing, yet faced serious risks including radiation…
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