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Do I have Cancer or Not?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 5 4:54pm | Replies (31)

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@theanomaly. A followup to my previous reply . Google " Gleason Score Meaning " This will get you into a number of dropdown sites explaining not only the Gleason Scores but A Cancer Grade and potential treatments
Don't panic , you are on your way to better understanding your condition . An educated patient becomes their own best advocate and eventually make the treatment decision , in concert with their family who should be keep in the loop , best suited to you situation , We are all similar BUT NOT THE SAME . Do not assume what worked for someone else will work for you . Always follow the medical advice of a trusteed Urologist or Radiation Oncologist . And again seek a 2nd treatment opinion . Urologists as Surgeons want to perform Surgery -- Radiation Oncologists want to Radiate . Educate yourself on thhe numerous other FOCAL THERAPY
OPTIONS . Google these and educate yourself -- Ask lots of questions . Never take no for an answer .

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Ask lots of questions . Never take no for an answer .

I have taken to heart the advice of all the experienced members on this site yet I do not understand the resistance of the Urologist. Why put me on 6 more months of active waiting when from everything Ive read seems to be a very bad idea. I have both PIRADS 4 and A.S.A.P lacking basal cell markers. I also have a PIRADS 3 lesion. PC can be treated if I catch it early. If I am wrong in waiting I run the very real chance that a clinically significant cancer will take advantage of the waiting period to metastasize and limit my treatment options. I'm hoping they will grant my request for a PSE test and a trans perennial biopsy. We have to know what these atypical cells actually are especially since they lack basal cell markers. I fear these cells are in fact under sampled cancer cells. Leaving them in unknown territory could very well cost me my life.