>>>>Here's a blog from a guy that has a 10 yo son, so he's not too old. When would have been a good time for him to have been screened, in order to prevent the Advanced PC that's killing him? (Notice his low PSA reading....Doctors say 0 to 4.0 is good???) At diagnosis, mine was 20.4.
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>>>>http://advancedprostatecancer.net/
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>>>Hard to say.... but a good thing that they do screen if over a 4.0 PSA.... they just found mine 2 weeks ago at 5.1 and my biopsy is positive... Gleason of 5 at this time... going in Monday to see what to do about it.
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>>Sorry to hear this.
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>>Is it 3+2=5, 2+3=5 or ??
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>Don't know yet... will find out Monday in the meeting. Hope it is a 2,3.....
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>>What ever it is, don't rush into a treatment. Typically it's a slow growing cancer, where you have time to educate yourself.
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>Agreed.

Yes. 2+3=5 would definitely be the preferred (mine was 3+4=7). The lower the score, the better the chance for cure.

From what I've read, Gleasons of 3+3=6 do very well. It's when one of the numbers (or both) gets to 4 or 5 that your choice(s) of treatment decreases, along with chance of cure.

Many specialists, also, will recommend that you submit the biopsy slides for a second opinion with an acknowledged expert in Prostate Cancer. These pathologists are listed on the acor site as well as prostatepointer.org.