[George W. Bush]

A TURP is not a radical prostetectomy, where the entire prostate is removed. It is a technically difficult and bloody operation. It analagous to equating open heart surgery with a coronary arteriogram.

So after Rudy's 'cure', what are his chances of the cancer flaring up again?

[Maynerd]

Since he is over six years out from treatment I would say very high but it does also depend on the initial grade of the carcinoma.