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Received the news on Halloween. I have prostate cancer. Need advice.
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A little heads up. When I was diagnosed with two cores of cancer, one at 3+4, I decided on removal. I wanted the cancer gone. My pathology report came back that the core was actually 4+5. Just make sure your biopsy scores are accurate! Best wishes👍🙏
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I now can see how biopsy can be a game of chance, instead of total accuracy. I have 2 lesions that did not grow for a year. Their sizes are 1.2cm and 1.4 cm. Last year the same UCLA doctor did the targeted biopsy, with 3 cores of each and came back all benign.
A year later, one shows a Gleason 6, and one shows Gleason 7 (3+4). The needle is small. It may only hit the area with cancer but left other areas untouched that might be worse. Only surgery removal can check the whole lesion.