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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 10 5:02pm | Replies (20)
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So you decided on some type of surgery after getting the same biopsy score as I, 3+4=7? If you don’t mind my asking, what procedure did you have done? With what little I know about this subject I would think if you had your prostate removed your Gleason score would just go away? What would be left to biopsy?

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jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | Jul 10 10:09am

Yes, in 2010 I did have surgery. My father died of prostate cancer, He had radiation. I figured if he didn’t make it, I would have surgery and that way I could have radiation if it didn’t work.
Robotic assisted surgery, of course.

After surgery, they go through your prostate, that they’ve removed, and look through it for any issues. In many cases, the Gleason score changes based on what was in the whole prostate not just the pieces they were able to biopsy. Mine was 4+3 after inspecting the prostate.

3 1/2 years later it came back. I had radiation, 2 1/2 years later, it came back and I went on Lupron.

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