Hi Gary,
I'm not medically trained, mate. However, your post histology results including cancer staging, Gleason score and whether you had positive or negative margins which are some of the factors that can affect the risk of needing further treatment. Perhaps more significantly, you will get a post op PSA check, mine was about 2 months after surgery, which will give a clear indication of how successful the prostatectomy was. I was T3a at the time of my op. The post op histology confirmed there had been capsular breach and my Gleason score was upped to 9 (4+5) but I was fortunate to have negative margins. That was over 2 years ago, as yet my PSA has remained undetectable and there is no sign of spread. There are no guarantees in this game, mate. There are blokes on here, who've had a much better cancer staging and Gleason score than me, but have unfortunately later needed further treatment. Even though I've been 'cancer free' for two years, this doesn't eliminate the risk of recurrence and the need for salvage treatment. Nonograms suggest I still have a 50/50 chance of BCR. Hopefully your op will have been a complete success, nothing you've said so far suggests otherwise, and you'll not need any further treatment. Please keep us updated and best of luck, mate. 👍
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