Biopsy

Twelve needle shots to the prostate, six of which were at numbable sites. With this information we can know the Gleason Score, which tells the agressiveness of the cancer.

The score has two numbers. The first is a number from 1 to 5 of which cell structure is the most prevalent. See above illustrations of cells in the sample tissue. The second number is which cell type is the second most prevalent type.

Bad news and bad news again: 4 and 4-or-5.

So far every new piece of information is not encouraging. We're ready for some good news.