My Gleason score is 7 - 3+4. How long can I live without treatment?

Posted by mayoclinicadvice23 @mayoclinicadvice23, Jun 11, 2023

My Gleason score is 7 - 3+4,. How long can I live without treatment? Since I decided not to get any treatment, because of horrible side effects, I was wondering, if someone who experienced the same condition, will share his experience with me.

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ozelli | @ozelli | Jun 11, 2023

I think your real question should not be life expectancy but chances of metastatic progression. Maybe that is just me...

ozelli | @ozelli | Jun 11, 2023

I think one would need more info like number of cores positive and % in positive cores. Was biopsy random or MRI guided? Can you tell us?

Just a single core MRI guided biopsy with less than 20% volume may give you 20 years. I am no expert however. Truth is nobody knows.

Interesting research paper with correlation between PSA, GGG and chances of metastasis here:

Can't post link but google "Prediction of metastatic prostate cancer by prostate-specific antigen in combination with T stage and Gleason Grade: Nationwide, population-based register study"