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What is a safe time interval from completion of hormones and external beam radiation to TURP in patients who develop refractory obstruction?

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Radiation Oncology · VA New Jersey Healthcare System - East Orange campus.

Great question. Ordinarily, in my past experience, if a patient had real LUTS >14 AUA score that was not relieved with alpha blockers, and/or had a large median lobe, we would prefer the TURP be done upfront and / or chemical debulking with ADT too. In these instances, we found we had less LUTS then...

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