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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 29 9:17pm | Replies (44)
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@jeffmarc Those stats seem horrible to me if you’re trying to make treatment decisions.
Do you think it’s more due to missed biopsy samples or pathology readings?
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When they do a biopsy, it only gets about 1% of the prostate tissue. As you can imagine there’s 99% more of the prostate that was not examined. The only way to do that is to have a prostatectomy. People who pick radiation is their primary treatment never know their real Gleason score.