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Mazharul; Sorry to hear how your battle is going with cancer. It goes to show that NO cancer is minor and not worth going after. Your Gleason six cancer seems to have been very resistant to treatment and is now starting to roam. Good that you are sharing your results as it may be helpful to others. I have heard many say things like a Gleason six is so non aggressive that it may never need treatment. This is a misleading and at times dangerous assumption. A lesser Gleason score often seems to give one more options about what to do about it but the extra choices can actually complicate the process. None of us know when we first contracted this disease or how long it has been in us before we find out it is there. There is to my knowledge no way to tell the "age" of a diagnosed cancer and how long it may have had to mature and spread inside us. After treatment we all fear a recurrence and sadly some experience that very thing. Maybe if we live long enough we all will experience that, no one knows or can guess. The whole process is a gamble and all we can do is to weigh the odds against our personal expectations to choose what course we think might be best for us. Again, sorry to hear of your recurrence and wish you success in fighting the beast. Jon.
