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I asked about the 3+ 4 and was told it was very small and it just barely a 7

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rice
Look at reply from robertmizek.
If you had a 3+4=7 in one area regardless of size probably have other areas that have this with same degree that MRI can miss and biopsies do not take tissue from all areas of prostrate. When you move from 3+3=6 to 3+4=7 you move from low risk to intermediate risk.

It is why both Mayo Clinic and UFHPTI were and did treat my entire prostrate to ensure all areas were treated.

If you read about hormone treatments it dose not kill but inhibits the growth of the cancer cells that feed off testostrone. The standard treatment is radiation with hormone treatments. Don't be a standard treatment patient. Know all that you can about your cancer, the test available, and the different types of treatment specifically for what is best for you not be treated as a number. .

If me, and that is all we can give you as suggestions, I would want the Decipher test to more accurately give you a better diagnosis? I do not know who is treating you but Decipher tests are recommended at Mayo Clinic to get better diagnosis of risk and treatments. Mayo is one of the most outstanding clinics treating prostrate cancer.