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@jeffmarc ...thanks....my Gleason scores are mostly 6 with a few 7s...cancer is contained to prostate... hasn't spread...sooooo...I'm freaking out as my surgery date gets closer...just nervous I guess... thanks for comments.
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At 64 surgery can give you the option of radiation in the future. If you were to have radiation, then it would not be possible to do a second time in the same place, but radiation could also give you long-term Remission.
Because you are only a Gleason 7 frequently the surgery can put you into remission for the long-term. It’s hard to call it cured because it does come back for a significant percentage of people.
Was your Gleason seven a 4+3 or 3+4? When I had surgery, I was only a 3+4, but after surgery they found I was a 4+3. I know people that were Gleason seven before surgery and are Gleason nine after. Surgery will tell a lot about what’s really going on with your cancer.
You should request a decipher score. That will tell whether or not there is a possibility of you’re having a reoccurrence. It varies a lot.