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Hi I have been under active surveillance for 6yrs my urologist informed me that I would die with it not because of if all well and good in 5th year after a skeletal and MRI I asked if cyber knife or proton beam therapy would be a good option as every time I had blood tests and scans my anxiety levels escalated and I thought why not deal with it now and get on with life well that didn't go down well with anybody two years down the track I'm now 3+4 Gleason level with some annoying little issues attached the fact is if there is cancer in your family history it could become problematic I strongly believe that it's your body and your right to choose how you wish to deal with what's going on with you .me personally I'm a fixer dont wait around sort it if your cars making a funny noise and not running right and your mechanic went we'll watch and see im certain you'd get a new mechanic I should've got another urologist

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According to doctors at the latest PCRI convention

Grade group, one HIGH volume likely to proceed to treatment. (3+4 is grade group 2)
5-10% of GG1 within 5 years before progression

Within 10 years 51% of Gleason 6 on AS have to be treated.
High volume is >5 cores found with Gleason 6.

You are at the point that progression is very likely. I think you should get involved with another group of doctors to find out what the best choice is. Going to a center of excellence like Mayo would be a good choice. At a minimum, you should find yourself a Genito Urinary Oncologist, the ones who specialize in prostate cancer, To lead your treatment decisions, you need new choices at this point.