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Hidden cancer in 5%: why we analyse the tissue
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An important fact: in the analysis of the tissue we remove during enucleation, we find hidden cancer, incidental cancer, in about five percent of patients. These are cancers that we didn't know existed before the surgery.
Most are usually low-grade and don't require immediate treatment, but detecting them is useful so that we can monitor them. This is another reason why it's important to analyse the tissue.
My message is clear: the PSA after surgery is no reason to panic, but it is a monitoring tool that must be interpreted correctly.