Whether radiotherapy is still needed after prostate cancer resection needs to be determined according to the specific condition, such as patients with incomplete surgical resection or postoperative recurrence and metastasis need radiotherapy.
1. Incomplete surgical resection: Incomplete resection or positive margins should be treated with adjuvant radiotherapy as soon as possible after the recovery of urinary control ability to ensure the efficacy of surgery. And some patients themselves have distant metastasis, surgical treatment is only part of the comprehensive treatment, and postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy is also needed.
2. Postoperative recurrence of metastasis: for those who have biochemical recurrence after prostate cancer resection surgery or tumor recurrence, radiation therapy can be considered. In addition, for pelvic lymph nodes with metastasis, it can be combined with pelvic adjuvant radiotherapy to ensure the therapeutic effect.
Patients after prostate cancer resection are recommended to visit the hospital regularly and standardize the treatment under the doctor’s guidance if they have any physical discomfort in time. During the period of treatment, patients should pay attention to eating a light diet, do not eat spicy and stimulating food, supplement more nutrition, rest more, and do some appropriate exercises.