Holidayhill said...
Thanks, DT.......updated profile as best I could with 400 character limit. Other concern is the 80% of pattern 4 although the report indicates tumor is restricted to the prostate with no evidence of extension into periprostatic tissue. (YET)
You could have a Decipher test run on your RP tissue to learn the met potential of your PCa, or you could save that for the rainy day -- which may never come -- when your PSA starts to rise.
There are many ways to shorten a signature so that you have room to add PSA values and future info. For example this, which saves about
100 char:
_____________________________
72 yr at diagnosis
7/11/19 Pre-op PSA: 4.95
Clinical stage T1c
G7 (4+3) in 3/12 cores
RALP 10/4/19 LVHN (Cedar Crest), Allentown, PA
Gleason 7 (4+3), 80% pattern 4, Grade Group 3
IDC-, EPE-, BNI-, SVI-, LVI-, PNI+
Tumor 15% of prostate; lymph nodes (x): negative; pT2 N0
11/13/19 0.01
02/20/20 <0.01____________________
Replace the "x" with the number of lymph nodes removed (it's good data to keep). Or can save more space by using instead the abbreviation for lymph node invasion:
LNI(x)- after
PNI-What follows the RP date is understood to be from the path report.
IMO the "Greatest % of core involved: 60%" can be omitted since you now have the tumor quantitation (15%). The 60% is also a result of the orientation of the needle relative to the lesion and not only the lesion's size.
You can add "prostate confined" after the pT2, but that's what pT2 with negative margins is.
Just one idea. Use whatever you like (but proof it) -- it's your signature
Djin
Post Edited (DjinTonic) : 3/3/2020 7:17:24 PM (GMT-7)