Well finally got my biopsy results in the mail today and it's brought it all back as I had put PC to the back of my mind and had actually forgotten about it and was getting on with things. I guess we've all been there and you know what I'm talking about. BTW I had the RP back in June.
Such a coincidence how only yesterday I saw on the BBC News about the prostate cancer drug Abiraterone and today I get the not so good news. Anyways from the results of the biopsy they've now upgraded me from Gleason 3+4 to 4+3 and in the letter they confirmed it as high risk prostate cancer. Described as positive surgical margin (anterior) and it had gone through the capsule.
Final Histology Gleason 4+3, pT3a with a positive surgical margin (anterior), Post Op PSA <0.01
One question I have is why is it regarded as high risk. I thought high risk was when one of the gleason figures was 5 (3 being low and 4 being medium). I can only assume it may be based on my very high PSA readings which at their peak reached 69 pre surgery.
Does anyone know what the 'p' in pT3a is?
Edited by member 24 Oct 2023 at 14:37
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