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What can I expect after my biopsy?
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They did 25 cores. Some were targeted to the spot on the MRI and some where other parts of the prostate as well. Not sure why they wouldn’t just target them all at the spot since the decision of treatment would be for the worst portion of the prostate which would be the spot identified by the MRI.
Everything went well but woke up with really bad testicle pain and pain in my lower abdomen. My BPH causes me a lot of pain anyway but this was way worse.
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@ericp502
I thought same as you about biopsies. However prostate cancer is and can be there at cellular level and not seen on a MRI as a lesion. It is why so many biopsies are done and not just what look suspicious on MRI.
If treated with radiation my R/Os at UFHPTI and Mayo really gave me informative information about treatments and cellular level prostate cancer. My R/Os radiate and treat the entire prostate not just the areas where biopsies were done nor what the MRI showed,
Why?
If you don't treat the entire prostate you could easily miss an area in prostate that has prostate cancer cells. If not treated they will survive and you will have your cancer continue to grow. So my R/Os stated we treat the entire prostate and the margins to make sure we don't miss something.