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Sorry, new to this still getting my bearings. My gleason was 3 + 4 and my Decipher Genomic score was 0.18. PSA 2.4, clinical stage T2a. I believe the Dr did 20 core samples total. I've had a PET and no other cancer was found elsewhere. I don't know the answers to your other questions, but I'll inquire.

MRI results:
1. Vague area of mild diffusion abnormality in the LEFT peripheral zone at the mid gland towards the apex without suspicious enhancement, indeterminate.
2. Prostate gland volume of 20 cc.
3. No pelvic lymphadenopathy or suspicious osseous lesions.

Total PI-RADS score: 3 - Intermediate (the presence of clinically significant cancer is equivocal)

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3/21/2026 7:21 AM

HISTORY/REASON FOR EXAM: Prostate cancer

TECHNIQUE/EXAM DESCRIPTION:
MRI of the prostate without and with contrast.

The study was performed on a Philips 3.0 Tesla MRI scanner.

Sagittal and axial T2; oblique high resolution axial and coronal T2; oblique axial diffusion-weighted imaging and ADC map with B values of 100, 400, and 1000; oblique axial dynamic postcontrast images of the prostate; postcontrast T1 fat-sat sequence of
the pelvis.

1 mg of glucagon was administered intravenously prior to the exam.

20 mL ProHance contrast was administered intravenously.

COMPARISON: 8/10/2023

FINDINGS:
The prostate measures 3.4 x 2.7 x 4.2 cm with a volume of 20 cc. Prostate density is 0.11.

Peripheral zone: Tiny T1 hyperintense focus in the RIGHT peripheral zone toward the apex. Several ill-defined areas of mild to moderate T2 hypointensity, consistent with sequela of prostatitis.

Transitional zone: Stromal and glandular nodules.

Prostate lesions:
Lesion #1:
Location: Left peripheral midgland (PZpl)
Size: 0.6 cm
Capsular involvement: Lesion abuts the capsule. No seminal vesicle invasion.
DWI/ADC score: 3
Enhancement: "-"
Total PI-RADS score: 3

The bladder is normal in appearance.

No adenopathy is identified.

No suspicious bony lesions are identified.

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@172sar
If the doctor did a 20 core sample, then you should have a biopsy that shows each core and the result.

You say 3+4, but you don’t say how many were found. The information you supplied is not enough to really know what happened in the biopsy.

You include a 2023 biopsy that apparently found nothing.

Can you locate the biopsy report with all 20 cores listed in 2026?

If you have a single 3+4 you might even go into active surveillance if it has a low percentage of four. Another thing that would be useful to find out from the biopsy.