Treatment choice is confusing

[ityw]

I have just been diagosed with prostrate cancer.  My gleason score is 6.  Cancer was found is the left and right lateral bases and no other cells in the other 10 areas. My PSA is 3.8 before biopsy.  I have talked with a surgeon(who wants to remove the whole prostrate via da Vinci Prostatectomy) and a radiologist(who uses Novalis Treatments).  I am a very active, healthy, 60 year old man looking for a long productive life. Any insight on which of these treatments are best or if there are any other I should seriously take a look at?

[HIFUed]

Have you heard about HIFU?  high intensity focused ultrasound.  doctors rarely tell anyone about it (if they don't sell it), but it's in clinical trails in the USA, and it's been in use in Europe for 20 years.  the trials are free.

There are many uro doctors in the USA who fly out of country every weekend and treat men, Mexico, Bahamas, Canada.  I had it done nearly two years ago, it's the best decision I ever made, I've sent in several others, none had any troubles. It has a 96% cured at 5 year rate, zero incontinence and only a small temporary ED rate.  It's a two hour non-invasive pain free procedure.  It costs 25,000. and worth every penny, Blue Cross/Shield sometimes pays, but I don't know about any others, we paid out of pocket and didn't try to get insurance coverage.

google internationalHIFU.com or NYhifucenter.com ....there are lots of web sites about it.

[ityw]

Thank you for your response.  After seeing several doctors that seems to be the best choice for me also...

[ross718]

It mostly depends on how carefully you're treated. My father was diognised with Prostate cancer and we removed it with radical prostatectomy. I consulted with many doctors on this matter and most of them suggested to go with it because it has less risks than other methods.