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Living with Prostate Cancer: Meet others & introduce yourself
Welcome to the Prostate Cancer group on Mayo Clinic Connect.
This is a welcoming, safe place where you can meet others living with prostate cancer or caring for someone with prostate cancer. Let's learn from each other and share stories about living well with cancer, coping with the challenges and offering tips.
I'm Colleen, and I'm the moderator of this group, and Community Director of Connect. Chances are you'll to be greeted by fellow members and volunteer patient Mentors, when you post to this group. Learn more about Moderators and Mentors on Connect.
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Let's start with introductions. When were you diagnosed with prostate cancer? What treatments did you have? Tips to share?
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Here are my PSA results.
2016 Nov 22 1.6
2017 Oct 26 1.7
2024 Jan 30 4.08
2024 Aug 14 4.03
2025 Jun 25 5.7
My primary physician suggested I get an MRI. I had the MRI without and with contrast which showed a suspicious area.
Biopsy was just done on Dec 1, 2025, and I got the results on Dec 3 via my patient portal. Several cores have group 2 with Gleason score of 3+4=7. My urologist/oncologist is to call me tomorrow to discuss my results. I have done a LOT of research and am overwhelmed with all the information.
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1 ReactionWhat you want to ask is what percentage of the cores with 3+4 had tumors and what percentage were a four. If only five or 10% is a four, then you actually could go on active surveillance. If it’s a high percentage of four, then you probably want to do treatment.
You should ask for a decipher score. That will tell you what the chance of reoccurrence is. If it’s very low, then again, you could consider going on active surveillance.
Your PSA is a little elevated, but it is not huge. Did the MRI show that you had a large prostate? That can affect your PSA And make it higher without their actually being aggressive cancer.