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Gleason 8 diagnosis at 51: Likely opting for surgery

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Decipher is a biomarker (genomic) test that looks for mutated genes, proteins, and tumor markers that tell more about the prostate cancer. These tests include Decipher, Prolaris, OncotypeDX, and many more. Knowing this may help with treatment decisions.

Genetic (germline) test tells you which genes related to prostate cancer you have inherited from your parents. (Like BRCA1/2, ATM, CHEK2, HOXB13, MSH2, etc.) Knowing this may help with treatment decisions.

If the 8(4+4) cancers in your prostate don’t exhibit enough PSMA to light up a PSMA PET scan, then if there are other prostate cancers elsewhere, those also might not exhibit enough PSMA to light up a PSMA PET scan either. You would want to know this. This is certainly worth discussing with your medical team. (An 8(4+4) should’ve lit up the PSMA PET image like a Christmas tree.)

ADT+RT is so advanced these days that results are statistically equivalent to prostatectomy. The purpose of ADT is to lower testosterone to starve/weaken prostate cancer cells, making them even more susceptible to death due to radiation damage. With your 8(4+4), they would likely recommend 18-24 months of ADT. (I had 28 sessions of proton radiation + 6 months of ADT for my 7(4+3).)

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Thanks for your reply! I am not sure whT you mean here:

« If the 8(4+4) cancers in your prostate don’t exhibit enough PSMA to light up a PSMA PET scan, then if there are other prostate cancers elsewhere, those also might not exhibit enough PSMA to light up a PSMA PET scan either. «

My medical oncologist told me that there was uptake, but not strong enough to be distingushable from non-cancerous tissue. You say thst the 4+4 tissue is covered by other tissue?

Thanks for describing your case - would you be so kind to tell me how long ago you had Proton therapy and what were side effects (if any). We do not have proton therapy in our area so I am wondering would it be feasible to endure therapy away from home and travel. Also, what was extent of your PC (gleason , localized or not , etc. ) . Thanks so much in advance.