My uncle is 72 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer 1 year ago. He got it taken out, had all the usual ED problems, lost a bit of weight, felt ok though. Went back in recently for the checks and the PSA levels were dodgy, so they checked him out and turns out he has cancer cells. 0.2 reading, whatever that means. They say he needs radiation (salvage?) treatment. He's in the UK.
Money is not a problem and he's prepared to travel worldwide and spend for better treatment (mentioned the Mayo clinic). Any ideas/suggestions would be most welcome.

Mayo or MD Anderson would probably be on the top of the list. I know nothing about prostate cancer treatment, so take it for what it's worth, but a lot of docs sent their family members/go there themselves if needed.

MM MD

I spent three days earlier this month at the Mayo in Rochester, getting attention to a few non-life threatening health issues and getting a full checkup. Although it's hard to characterize hospitals and doctor visits as a great experience, I certainly felt positive about the quality of the care and the caring atmosphere. Doctors took time to sit down and talk and additional tests and consults were scheduled expeditiously as needed. It's comforting to look around and see people from all over the world and realize you are getting the same world class treatment as Saudi princes and billionaires.
While not a great place to visit in winter, it's worth the hassle to know you're getting the best care possible.

Thanks a lot. He's trying to figure out how it's there, like the capsule was intact when they removed, they say, maybe they stray cells got broken out during the keyhole surgery.
Radiation treatment is really severe, you end up with further complications (gynae etc) because they just fry the surrounding area, things get badly damaged. He really wants to try to avoid this, and has already pencilled in a trip to Bangkok (it's in the name) and Czechoslovakia. Basically a 'Don't burn off my c*ck please' world tour.
He's feeling superlow now, pretty awful situation to be in.

Just curious, but why can't he get good cancer treatment in the UK? And how would a UK resident pay for treatment outside the UK?

Hi, Well, he did a lot of research and found out that the UK is way behind many other places in terms of treatment. This was a surprise to me.
Treatment is free in the UK, at least on paper. It doesn't mean you'll get the best, or most appropriate though. Many people will have died in recent years, for example, because certain cancer drugs were not made available on the NHS due to cost.
It may be cheaper, for example, to use broad radiation treatment around someone's groin, also damaging many 'useful' nerves, because it is the only cost-effective option. You'd have to pay if you wanted something better.
He's well-off, and at the point of first treatment did have BUPA insurance then too, but ended up going with the NHS (ok, they're not awful, some would say they're pretty good). Well, he had a bad experience, for example, the anaesthetist failed to notice the container of blood beside the operating table that came from his stomach, that came from when one of the docs had stabbed his stomach sphincter trying to get the device through.
He's wondering too now about the prostate cells that are giving the PSA reading...where did they come from? Prostate out, supposedly intact. Did they split something mid-operation? Was it just kind of there before? Assumed cancerous.
Thanks for your help. This thread could literally save his life.

Money?

The butthole?

1)The government runs the health system. 2)Probably by check. Maybe credit card.

His weight is dropping pretty regularly, sub 10 stone now for a 170cm guy. Trying to get him to eat regularly is difficult. He's superfit though, they say that makes a big difference. His life is filled with responsible roles and goals, and he's superworried about losing function 'down there'.

[ ] My life is this exciting at half his age.
Here, take my c*ck! I don't need it!

My brother in law had cancer treatment in the UK (radiation/chemo for throat cancer) and it worked out well for him. IIRC they tried very carefully to target just the cancer area since his throat was involved. Maybe a different hospital/area w/in the UK would be an option?

Otherwise if he's got the money then yeah the Mayo clinic in the US is very highly regarded although I have no idea if they specialize in cancer treatment. Hell places ADVERTISE for this **** in the US, there are commercials for something called Cancer Treatment Centers of America on TV on a fairly regular basis in my area.

A google search will probably be pretty here. US News ranked the US hospitals FWIW: http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings/cancer

Thanks a lot, RJ, I will go through those and have a look with him.

There are 'rods' that I know you can place selectively near tumor sites. I think his cells are microscopic and non-tumor at the moment, so they go in with a general area 'blast'. They know it's there from the PSA (cancerous prostate gone, prostate cells still around, therefore cancer around?). If they don't kill them they'll maybe travel around to lymphs and other parts of the body.
Will check those out now.

The absolute baseline of places I would consider are the blue locations on this map: http://www.cancer.gov/researchandfun...-cancer-center

Of those, hobbes pretty much nailed it in his first post that Mayo and MD Anderson would be my desired locations. I'm not a doctor like hobbes so take it for what it's worth, but those are my feelings.