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42, Gleason score 6, and need advice

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Posted 01 Oct 2024 at 12:03

Hi All,

Just thought I'd post an update here.

After seeing two surgeons in different clinics here in CZ, I finally saw two oncologists at the cancer institute in the city where I live. They sent me for what they considered to be a better MRI scan than the previous one and another blood test. After inspecting the results, the general consensus was active surveillance for at least 5 years, with a targeted biopsy and another MRI scan in the new year. I will have blood tests every three months.

For me, this is the best outcome. When I informed the oncologist that the surgeon said I was too young for AS, he disagreed and said a surgeon will see those results and just push me into an operation. He told me the new MRI results show nothing particularly suspicious, and so the targeted biopsy will be necessary (not looking forward to that). I have to say that they have read over my results with much more consideration than the previous clinics.

Anyway, I know there's no magic wand to make it go away, but if anyone has any dietary tips etc that can help me, I'd greatly appreciate it. At least then I can feel like I'm actively doing something. Anyway, my next blood test is in December, so we'll see...

Thanks a lot,

C

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Posted 01 Oct 2024 at 12:16

Thanks very much for the update. I hope your biopsy results are good and that you can continue with active surveillance.

Good luck mate.

User
Posted 01 Oct 2024 at 22:12
Sounds a good outcome. The thing about AS is that you are avoiding the side effects which are inevitable from either surgery or RT, for as long as possible. Though ongoing monitoring (especially biopsies) could be counted a side effect.

It seems a pretty good bet to me that problems detected in a single biopsy core aren't going to spread beyond the prostate capsule (i.e. what you don't want) without the growth first being detected in future tests. And that growth could be really quite slow.

Good luck.

 
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