My Gleason score is 7 - 3+4. How long can I live without treatment?
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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@pdcar4756 I just had a fusion biopsy. 3+4=7 Gleason. 12 cores positive with peri neural invasion and 2 benign. I don’t get to go see the Dr for another week. I am really getting anxious and nervous. I am 70 years old.
3+4 Is a very slow growing version of prostate cancer. It’s very treatable at your age with radiation or surgery. You could do SBRT radiation, Five sessions could eliminate the cancer. You have a very good chance of long-term remission.
It might make sense to get a decipher score. It can tell you that percentage of chance that you are going to have a reoccurrence.
I was a 3+4 after biopsy and had surgery, they said it was actually a 4+3 After examining my prostate tissue. I’m still here 16 years later, even though I have a genetic problem (BRCA2) that causes the cancer to keep coming back. I also had PNI, I know a lot of other people that did, it doesn’t seem to cause major long-term issues for anyone.
What I’m getting at is that you do not have a serious case and will probably live for a decade or two and die of something else.
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1 ReactionI had 2 cores of cancer detected in my biopsy; one was 3+4. I decided on surgery since I wanted it out of my body. After my RP, the pathology report came back as 4+5. I was glad I had it done(2 years ago this past November). Today my PSA is still < 0.01. 🙏. My advice is be sure your numbers are accurate so you can make a confident decision. BTW, right before my biopsy I had an MRI which showed nothing. Even more glad I had the RP.
Best wishes!
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2 Reactions@rlpostrp God grief who evaluated your first biopsy and was so wrong.