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  • Georges Calvez
    Georges Calvez Member Posts: 547 Member
    edited February 2019 #22
    On cribriform prostate cancer
    Hi everybody,

    May I respectfully offer you an article that says much on Gleason grading and cribriform in particular.
    Pour yourself a big glass of Buckfast, kick off your shoes, sit back and enjoy.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861292/

    Best wishes,

    Georges
  • hewhositsoncushions
    hewhositsoncushions Member Posts: 411 Member
    #23
    Yup - confirms what I have

    Yup - confirms what I have been told - Cribriform is a marker for upgrading to a G7 which means that the patient has therefore on average a G7 level of risk.

  • Steve1961
    Steve1961 Member Posts: 507 Member
    #24
    Maybe I need to stop looking

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25189638         Because what I find as of late research is not good st all 

  • hewhositsoncushions
    hewhositsoncushions Member Posts: 411 Member
    #25
    Steve

    Steve

    It almost feels like you want to be told you are going to die. We aren't going to.

    That report is one meta study with a handful of cases. The last grading symposium put cribriform as a 4 regardless of other path. If it was worse they would have put is as a 5. Thats it.

    H

  • Steve1961
    Steve1961 Member Posts: 507 Member
    #26
    Sorry

    just need to stop looking things up and keep busy ..it’s just tough ..and no I don’t want to die from this st all..just scared crap less 

  • hewhositsoncushions
    hewhositsoncushions Member Posts: 411 Member
    edited February 2019 #27
    Steve

    Steve

    I get it. I really do. I have been there and so have many others but chewing over the vast amount of information out there just leads to a tailspin. Research papers have a lot of issues around things like repeatability, interpretation, bias, accuracy, sample size. sample age and there are a lot that conflict each other. It has been proven that patients doing their own research often misinterpret information and make things seem worse. Keep informed, yes but take a pinch of salt, verify and trust your medical team. Fill your mind with good thoughts and your time with good actions.

    H

  • hewhositsoncushions
    hewhositsoncushions Member Posts: 411 Member
    #28
    It is all about where you

    It is all about where you focus your thoughts.

    When I get down I put Alan Watts on Youtube or read inspirational books like "The Tao of Poo and the Te of Piglet" or even go out for a walk.

    Find people who enjoy life and spend time with them. We are wasting the time we have worrying about the future, remember that!

    H

  • Steve1961
    Steve1961 Member Posts: 507 Member
    #29
    Thanks I’m trying

    it’s just for some reason I am always being reminded of it..

  • LanceHeal
    LanceHeal Member Posts: 57
    #30
    Scan denied

    True story from last week. 

    Tumor found during Abdominal CT scan for appendicitis. 

    PCP and I determine that we should probably do a full body to rule out Mets. He says he will call me withthe appointment when they get it set up. 

    Doc calls 3 days later to tell me health insurance declined it. 

    They however reccomend a nice chest X ray instead. 

    (Insert eye roll here)

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