Does diffuse high grade PIN in a low risk prostate cancer patient affect your recommendation for surveillance?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
No. If the patient otherwise has low-risk prostate cancer, surveillance is appropriate.
The diffuse high-grade PIN might raise the chance of occult cancer (that could be higher grade), but not more so than a widespread Gleason 3+3 disease, which is not, by itself, a contraindication to active surve...