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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 17 8:09am | Replies (10)
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@paulg24

Congratulations on your outcome! I'm recently diagnosed with localized PC, Gleason 4+3=7 with one tumor on the right apex and a second on the right base.
What was your Gleason prior to treatment?
Did you have more than one tumor? How large was it?

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milburnd | @milburnd | Nov 17 5:55am

The MRI showed two tumors. One was 0.7 x 0.6 cm, apex level, peripheral zone, anterior location. The other was 0.9 x 0.7 cm, midgland level, transition zone, anterior location. I had a transperineal biopsy which showed 12 cores to be benign. The first tumor showed prostatic adenocarcinoma in 4 of 4 cores. The second tumor showed 'small focus of atypical glands', which my primary care doctor described as precancerous. My Gleason score was 3+4=7 (favorable). My decipher score was low risk. These two scores made active surveillance an option for me, but due to one of the two tumors abutting the edge of the prostate, I chose to have the NanoKnife (IRE) treatment in the hope of preventing a spread outside the prostate.

I hope this info is helpful to you!

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