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Testicular AND Prostate Cancer???

peddie
peddie CSN Member Posts: 2
edited March 2014 in Prostate Cancer #1
Hello: I'm new here. I wonder if anyone else has heard of this: my daughter's father had testicular cancer (was also in all in lymph nodes) 13 yrs ago; operated & chemo/etc, cancer free all these yrs, til now. He was just diagnosed with Prostate cancer. He told my dtr something about having "12 biopsies", or something like that, and that normally some are cancer free, but all 12 are cancerous. Has anyone heard of this? One type, then the other? Is it most likely metastesized? (He has an appt next week with urologist, so of course more will be learned then; I just wondered if this is unusual, to have one of these, then the other yrs later.) Thanks for any replies. Peddie
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  • fcatroneo
    fcatroneo CSN Member Posts: 89
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    The case of two cancers are not uncommon. A good friend of mine had colon cancer..went through surgery/radiation that was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
    Showing cancer is all 12 biopsies is a real concern. Normally, you find 6 or 7 showing cancer. If the biopsies were done correctly (all areas of the prostate), he needs to get something done very soon. The chances that it is outside the prostate and spread, seems very likely.
    Keep us posted on his follow up results.
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  • peddie
    peddie CSN Member Posts: 2
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    fcatroneo said:

    The case of two cancers are not uncommon. A good friend of mine had colon cancer..went through surgery/radiation that was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
    Showing cancer is all 12 biopsies is a real concern. Normally, you find 6 or 7 showing cancer. If the biopsies were done correctly (all areas of the prostate), he needs to get something done very soon. The chances that it is outside the prostate and spread, seems very likely.
    Keep us posted on his follow up results.

    Thanks for your reply. It's about what I had thought: it doesnt sound good. I will keep you posted. Thx.
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  • RingoSurvivor
    RingoSurvivor CSN Member Posts: 3 Member
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    Hi Peddie, Yes, I'm in same boat as your daughters father. Yes prostate cancer is a long diagnosis. It takes time and many areas and biopsies are part of it. Let me know his Gleason score if he wants to share, (mine was 3+4) and let him know he isn't alone. On the testicular cancer, which testicle was removed, mine was the left one. I had three weeks of radiation. We will survive it!!

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  • Clevelandguy
    Clevelandguy CSN Member Posts: 1,402 Member
    edited November 2025 #5

    Hi,

    I would think that his doctors by studying the biopsy slides could determine if the cancer is from the Prostate or another form. Had a friend who had testicular cancer but not Prostate cancer. He had his testicle removed followed by radiation, cancer gone. A PMSA PET scan could determine if the cancer has spread to other parts of his body.

    Dave3+4

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