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Need help with mri scan results
The attached are my father's MRI report.
He is 74yrs old with a PSA of 8.5.
His Uroflometry results came normal as well as urine routine.
On DRE, doctor felt a nodule for which he suggested MRI.
Kindly suggest what is the possibility of it being cancerous and what are the next steps.
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Mri suggest lesion in prostate higher probability of cancer of prostate . Need to confirm by doing biopsy . On seeing psa less likely chances of advanced disease . Can be cured completely
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TRUS guided prostatic 12 core biopsy for confirmation of malignancy
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can be cured completely
multiple treatment modalities available like surgery radiotherapy and hormonal ablation
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There has index lesion(Nodule) on Digital rectal examination,Serum PSA 8.5, & MRI also suggest PIRADS 4 = so likely probability of Carcinoma Prostate
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to do TRUS guided 12 core prostatic biopsy or MRI Fusion biopsy for Gleason Grading
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to do Urine R/M ,CBC & consult here
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Hello mam
Your Fathers report shows that there is a nodule in the Prostate gland which is suspicious to be of cancer.
Mri is suggestive of a Pirads 4 lesion in prostate which is highly suggestive of the same
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he must be planned for trus guided prostate biopsy to diagnose
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Prostate cancer is one of the good cancers which if detected at the earliest stage has almost 100 percent chances of cure with modern care. Kindly connect for further discussion
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Dr. Aditya Prasad Padhy
Urologist
12 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
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