NEWLY DIAGNOSED PROSTATE CANCER GUIDE
Risk Group For those patients with localized (stages I-II) or locally advanced prostate cancer (stage III), the cancer can be further divided into risk groups. Knowing your risk group is important for understanding your prognosis, including how aggressive your prostate cancer might be. Low-risk prostate cancer must have all of the following features to be classified as low risk: cT1-cT2a Grade Group 1 PSA less than 10 ng/mL Intermediate-risk prostate cancer has one or more of the following features: cT2b-cT2c Grade Group 2 or 3 PSA 10-20 ng/mL Intermediate-risk prostate cancer can be further subdivided into favorable and unfavorable: Favorable intermediate risk has one of the above features with a Grade Group of 1 or 2 and less than 50% of biopsy cores positive Unfavorable intermediate risk has 2-3 of the above features with Grade Group 3 or greater than or equal to 50% biopsy cores positive
High-risk prostate cancer has any of the following features: cT3a Grade Group 4 or 5 PSA greater than 20 ng/mL
Talk to your doctor about your risk group, and how it might affect your treatment options.
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