Thanks 142. Surgeon seems to be confident and said "You will get 0 PSA. Margin is like a dot .. <1 mm, tumor will not survive the knife" I feel much better after posting and reading on this forum...
Thanks Zazz and Hero. I am still not clear on this - does positive surgical margin means capsular penetration or not? Regards....
Hello, I received my Surgical Pathology report today from my doctor. Here is the part of the report: GS 3+4 (raised from 3+3) Tumor size: 35% of prostate T2C pNx pMx, lymph node and distant...
Dx at 44, 2 months back. Going for RRP on 12/5....
Thanks to everyone. This forum has been so helpful and supportive. I am getting ready for RRP on Monday 12/5. I will keep you guys posted how it goes. Best wishes....
Thanks to all. I am in confusion if I should have my surgery done by a doctor who has done 400 RRP. The group I am seeing is two urologist-oncologist and both will be at the surgrey. Or I MUST go to...
My biopsy was done is operation room with general anesthesia. I had no problem or pain- other than blood in urine and semen for 2-3 days. If you are a potential candidate for Pca, don't worry about...
Hello, I am 44 years young, diagnosed with PCa. My PSA was slowly rising from 2.8 in 2008 to 3.8 in 2010 to 5.5 in July 2011. Thats when my primary care physician referred me to Urologist. My biopsy...