Have you been told you have a high Gleason Score? Don't panic, it is not a death sentence. It only means your cancer is aggressive
and you need to be proactive in your treatment plan. For starters, I am a non medical person but I am someone who
was told he had a Gleason score of 10. No one is a better advocate for you than YOU. These links Gleason Grade - The Pathology Report
and Gleason Grading explain
the Gleason score in some detail. You have options and time to do a little research and decide what treatment plan is best for you.
An excellent site is
Prostate Cancer Treatment Guide™It's short coming is
that it does not discuss Proton Radiation!!!!!If you need
someone to talk to, EMail me.
For starters, I would get a second opinion. Possibly your doctor or urologist could provide you with
doctors or facilities to contact. There are many cancer treatment facilities for this purpose.
Just search the internet or go to cancer forums and ask other people where they went. Consultation with all three types of prostate cancer
specialists—a urologist, a radiation oncologist and a medical oncologist—will offer the most comprehensive
assessment of the available treatments and expected outcomes. Also your doctor may want additional tests. These are
the ones I have had done; a bone scan, chest and pelvis CTs,MRIs,X-Rays, PET scan, and Prostascint scan.
I, for one, went to
M.D. Anderson in Houston, Texas. This consult is contained in my My Story.
While I did
not accept or continue my treatment plan with M.D. Anderson they are considered one of the best cancer treatment
centers in the world. I completed my treatment, a combination of Hormone (Lupron), IMRT and Proton at
U of Florida Proton
Therapy Institute in Jacksonville, Florida on 7/24/08. I believe
everyone should at least look into Proton Radiation treatment!
Proton Centers
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