This is really the best option for healthy fit people under 70.
50% of RALP patients will have biochemical reoccurrence within 8 years. It takes 15 years of low PSA (<.1ng/ml) to state you are cured.
The goal is to die with PaC, not because of it.
All of these stats are available at PCRI.
The reason many people die "with" it is because 67% of Americans are obese or overweight, and it usually dosn't show up 'til a person is 70. Of course these people die of something else first.
If a person isn't fat, and has no other health problems, getting it removed if it hasn't spread beyond the prostate is the best choice.
> Several studies report a progressive return of continence up to one year after RP, with a continence rate ranging from 68 to 97% at 12 months [13,14,15,16,17], while a progressive further improvement could be registered up to 2 years [18].
Note that I qualified it with under 70, good health otherwise, and non-obese or overweight. If you're in that category, you are extremely likely not to have continence problems after a year.