Prostate Cancer Grading and Risk Assessment

If you have been recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, and you don't understand what your doctor said about the stage of your cancer, this clip explains the staging and Gleason grading systems and how they are used to determine how serious your cancer is.

[davidshettlesworth]

Thank you so much for this excellent video. Extremely helpful for me as a layperson.

[ClayTallStories]

well done creating this content. Very clear for us men who are shitting ourselves.

[Ozymandas]

Within 1 hour of the PSA score I was phoned by a consultant and an MRI scan arranged. Followed by a biopsy - very amusing -then dexascan, bone scan, chest X-ray and enrolled into a clinical trial with Imperial College Hospital, London. All completely free of charge from the amazing British National Health Service.

[samanthers]

This was really helpful, especially for the Gleason grading. Thank you :)

[aliceflowers]

Thank you for clarifying what I wanted to know about prostate cancer.

[Ozymandas]

Very clear and helpful. Thank you. I was diagnosed with Gleason 4+4 and PSA 26 over a year ago. After hormone suppression by Prostap injections every three months but no surgery my PSA is below measurable (0.01) and I am schedule for a few radiotherapy sessions for clean-up.

[mikebugby]

Thank you for this, it is helpful in easing my concerns, knowing the specifics I should ask my doctor so I can self advocate if there's a need.

[randyhutchinson-fpic]

My Gleason was 7. But a 4-3 which I was told was worse than a 3-4. PSA was never too high but I had a family history. My father had surgery at 62 and it had metastasized. For twenty years he had hormonal therapy. AKA chemical castration.

[surpenc]

Thanks ihad initial psa 6.6 had dre then mri showed lesion had biopsy 22 spores 3 from area concern 19 random. All gd apart from 1 of random assessments 4×4 decided on no treatment but 3 monthly psa test first showed psa risen 8.2 next showed 7.7 .Urologist now wants me consider treatment. My mri showed no metastasis graded t2.

[bobhowell]

thanks for taking the time to create this video...good information

[oldman]

Thank you for explaining it better. Been 6 years still dealing with it for 6 years beam and seed radiation 4 shot later of lurpon . let find a cure so expensive these shots. And radition damage bladder now doing boxtox. On bladder 2 a year let's find a cure only 63old thanks mike

[GereDJ]

Thanks Dr. Pettus, good info. I'm a 4-3 and a 3-4 =7/10, probably at the low end of intermediate as of 3-38-23 biopsy. Why me?

[Mansmatters]

You provided a lot of useful information

[jameshaydon]

I had a low psa reading which was misleading as when I went to hospital for a proper test I had a Gleeson score of 9, 5 + 4. Don't trust your GP if you think there's something wrong, get to see a specialist in this field and knows what he's doing.

[adamnash]

I thank you for lecturing on prostate cáncer. I have an enlarged prostate ' BPH'. I am on treatment. My urine flow is normal. But i am feeling a localized pain in The prostate area everynight when I lie to sleep. What could it be?

[atlafan]

My dads psa wa 12000...since injection every 3 months since November 2020 its now 2000.. please can u give me more information

[derekbootle]

Was the Gleason score named after Jackie Gleason?

[brinks]

my psa is 8.5 had ultrsound last week saying prostate is approx 80cc going to the urologist in november

[chuckgardify]

Confused...I had a Gleason of 8.5. Now it's 8.0 and that was six months ago. No symptoms what so ever. What is going on?

[jmofficial]

My father psa last month 628...
Plz tell me this position.... His age 83 year old.