Debate: Effectiveness of Surgery versus Radiation in Treating Prostate Cancer

Dr. Laurence Klotz and Dr. Mack Roach, III presented a debate on “Comparative Effectiveness of Surgery and Radiation: Surgery Is Better” versus “Radiotherapy Yields Better Oncologic Outcomes than Radical Prostatectomy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer” at the 6th Symposium on the Treatment of Prostate Cancer (STOP-6), which was held in Lisbon, Portugal between October 14th and 16th 2016.
STOP-6 was accredited for CME by the European Accreditation Council for CME (UEMS-EACCME).
The meeting was organized by Bioscript and the Scientific Committee, composed of Professors Laurence Klotz (Chair), Noel Clarke, Karim Fizazi and Bertrand Tombal.
Funding to support this educational activity was provided by FERRING Pharmaceuticals. FERRING did not influence meeting content and the views expressed during the meeting represent only those of the faculty.

[@artmaltman]

What does this same question look like in November 2020? What new info available?

[@robertjayroe9900]

How about September 2023?

[@curiousk9603]

So it's a bit of a crap shoot, but a prostatectomy is more likely to cause urinary incontinence.
I had the prostatectomy followed by 39 radiation treatments, so I'm covered.

[@georgepeter2842]

very good!