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Not Good News after prostate biospy when MRI didn't look too bad
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@jeffmarc
I think that is right, those 2 large cribriform in center (LMM & RMM) unofficially jump the score up 1 point. Even though officially they call it unfavorable intermediate. The whole scoring system for prostate cancer seems to be a mix bag.
The doctor here in town (DR Rupp) that will be doing surgery seem to talk some about involving percent of needle core tissue in each biopsy, which nobody had mention before.
He has couple thousand RPs under his belt with the Da Vinci robotic system. Our daughter has been floor RN 12 years at hospital I will be at (she is just a few months of finishing up her APRN) says patients are pleased with his results. Also, said the staff like him and think he is funny. I thought beside having the experience, it was nice the nursing staff liked him.
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@diverjer Regardless of what they’re calling it, the procedure should be the same - remove the gland, some nodes.
The surgeon, based on what he sees and what he knows about your biopsy findings, will probably pay careful attention to the capsule and surrounding tissue since that’s where cells can sometimes be found outside the gland.
I would hope (?) that no surgeon goes into a procedure cavalierly thinking “Oh, this guy only has intermediate cancer, not high risk…I don’t need to pay attention.”
Phil