Before even considering treatment, a 3+4 may mean you don’t need to do anything, You may just need active surveillance.

Do you know what percentage of four was in the one 3+4? There’s a lot of discussion of the over treatment of people that have very mild cases. Doctor like to treat them because it’s profitable. That may not be the case at all, however. You want to know what your best options are and it could be wairing.

A couple of 3+3 means nothing. If the 3+4 only had 5% or 10% of four, then you could go on active surveillance and not do anything right away. Find out the answer to that and we can give you some places to look for more information.

Cyberknife (SBRT) Radiation is very effective especially with MRI guidance. Proton radiation has an equivalent to that. It has a slightly lower chance of causing future problems. You are pretty young, so getting proton radiation in five sessions is similar to CyberKnife and could give you many years of remission. Of course, the only way to know what your Gleeson score really is is to take out the prostate, But that causes some people erectile dysfunction and urinary problems.. Radiation will give you a much higher chance of having the ability to get an erection right away.

You got cancer, awfully young and that could be due to a genetic problem. You could get genetic testing to find out if it could be a factor. Does anybody else in your family have cancer? You can get it here for free, takes 2 to 3 weeks to get the results and a genetic counselor will call you. They will send you a kit that you return in the mail. You have to live in the USA to get this test for free. Don’t pick the option to have your doctor involved or they won’t send you the kit until they talk to your doctor.

Prostatecancerpromise.org

I got PC at 62 and it was due to a genetic problem. I have BRCA2 and it has come back four times. I’m still alive 16 years later, but I’m waiting for the next reoccurrence.