Weighing Choices
      So here's my summary.  If I magically knew my tumor grade --
1.  Non-tumor (learn from test): no surgery
2.  Grade I: no surgery
3.  Grade II: no surgery
4.  Grade II with III (or III): surgery
If it is a tumor, here's what I have learned:
1.  Not relevant
2.  Grade I -- less likely given my age
3.  Grade I or II -- 70%-85% likelihood
4.  Grade II mixed with III (or III) -- 15% likelihood, could be up to 30%
If I choose surgery it would be because I want to know if I have grade III cells so I can have it treated. So, I want to find out how reliable MRI scanning is in telling me whether my tumor is transforming.  If it is reliable, then I could wait.  But, nothing will tell me if I already have grade III cells, nothing but surgery.
    


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