Deciding on treatment

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by Guest Posts on Mon Nov 06, 2017 12:52 pm

Deciding on treatment

On behalf of Luke:
I have just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. I want to find out how likely is my cancer going to cause problems if I’m not treated properly? Should I consider active surveillance as an option?
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by Mr Benjamin Challacombe on Wed Nov 08, 2017 12:06 am

Re: Deciding on treatment

Luke to advise specifically i would need to know the details i.e. PSA, biopsy results, MRI findings etc
but generally prostate cancer is slow growing and active surveillance is often an option.
Men best placed for active surveillance have PSA <10 , gleason 3+3 disease and MRI showing no lesion.
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