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Updated · Slate · Jul 6

70-Year-Old Husband Delays Prostate Surgery 1 Year as Doctors Warn Cancer Could Spread

Updated

Updated · Slate · Jul 6

70-Year-Old Husband Delays Prostate Surgery 1 Year as Doctors Warn Cancer Could Spread

1 articles · Updated · Slate · Jul 6

A 70-year-old man with intermediate-stage prostate cancer plans to postpone prostate-removal surgery for a year despite tests showing the disease has not spread.
Doctors told the couple a one-year wait is reasonable but warned the cancer could spread during that time, which could eliminate surgery as an option.
The husband is delaying treatment over feared side effects—especially incontinence and erectile dysfunction—even though his wife says surgery now would carry a lower risk of those complications.
The dispute surfaced in a Slate advice column, where the wife said she accepts the decision is his but is struggling with anger and anxiety about losing him.

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