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Under what circumstances would you treat prostate cancer without a biopsy?

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I largely agree with Dr. @Dr. First Last's comments as well as a prior post on this site in which anecdotes are cited of situations which falsely appeared suggestive of prostate cancer. As contemporary guidelines recommend treatment only in patients with localized prostate cancer with > 5-10 year li...

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Radiation Oncology · Michigan Healthcare Professionals, PC

I have not treated definitively/curatively without biopsy. On occasion, I have treated painful bone mets with palliative RT in the setting of widespread metastatic disease and PSA in >1000.

In this case, would weigh the pros and cons with the patient - i.e. - we don't know if it is cancer, we don't...

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