← Return to Cribriform cells: Does their presence change treatment approach?

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@hanscasteels

First of all, many thanks and my sincere appreciation to all that responded and provided insight and suggestions to my previous questions. I now have to come to peace with what I think is the best approach for me to deal with this thing.

My understanding is that Cribriform cells in prostate cancer are associated with more aggressive tumor behaviour and a higher risk of recurrence compared to other histological patterns. Their presence often correlates with worse outcomes, even in the absence of metastatic disease, as they can indicate a higher likelihood of local invasion and micro-metastasis. The question, then, is how effective is EBRT and Brachytherapy plus Firmagon when cribriform cells are present?

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While that will work quite well to try and completely eliminate the cancer, there is no way to know how well it works. Everybody is different than there is no way to definitely promise you that it will eliminate your cancer. Same with surgery.

The company that makes the PSE test says that after treatment, they can tell whether there’s still cancer in your body. It’s not FDA approved for this, but you could at least try it out.

I read somewhere that prostate cribriform cannot be successfully treated (killed) with radiation. Is that true?