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Has the doctor discussed giving you an MRI, Or did you already get one? That at least can see whether or not there are any growth(s) inside the prostate, And also target where to do the biopsy. A transrectal biopsy can’t get to as much of the prostate as a transperennial biopsy.
At 78 SBRT radiation will probably kill it off, surgery usually wouldn’t make sense.
My brother at 76, with a 4+3 had SBRT and it seemed to have killed it off, with six months of ADT included. You could find yourself an MRI guided SBRT machine, Much more accurate less tissue damaged.
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@jeffmarc Did your brother at 78 have a biopsy & MRI before SBRT? If he did have a biopsy, how long did he wait before SBRT? I read that after biopsy, the prostate would have inflammation for weeks, may be too close with other organs that could be accidentally rsdiated. I had my biopsy few weeks ago, G7 (3+4), positive on 8 of 14 cores, unfavorable intermediate. I'm waiting for date of either RP or SBRT; I'm more inclined to (feel more comfortable with) SBRT that was your brother:s choice too.
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Already had the MRI--showed a lesion. When the urologist did the biopsy, the lesion came back as benign but 2 of the other samples had cancer cells yielding the 4+3.