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Re: Gleason Grading Explaination

Excellent info Terry I might just throw out this spare change (pennies) another parameter on PCa:

There are atleast 18 different variants of PCa's and a few of those are the worst ever, like 'small cell' and others. The prognosis on some of those, rarer PCa's is so ominious that you feel better about yours in comparison (not kidding).

Do you think you uro-doc knows what the heck you got??? He does not until he reads the pathology report and hopefully it was reviewed by the experts whom already have identified that these 18 types exist. The average patho-doc probably could miss on this one big time, it is an art and not pure science.

'PCa-combination of the jungle and Twilight Zone' We need to know how to navigate and get street smart if possible and we can, but it take work and effort to be envolved in your own case as a warrior.

Re: Gleason Grading Explaination

Another thing to throw in the mix: some of the most aggressive PCa's do not give off psa's to measure...i.e. you could have a low psa and be found with highly aggressive PCa, it is a rarer thing to see than normal cases...they exist...usually the pathology will show a huge Gleason score or a bizzare variant type of PCa, not the norm type usually found in the majority of PCa patients.

PCa- full of inconsistencies and land of the bizzare

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