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Biopsy results benign. PSA is elevated. What is the next step?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 1 5:31pm | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
frank1956: If it were me, I would also use my biopsy material for a Decipher test. It will indicate aggressiveness level. It might give you some level of comfort and could serve as a "second type of opinion" The doctors do use the test to help in their decision making process. It uses your biopsy material which, I believe is good for a year, to analyze your biopsy material. I thought the MDX test was a urine test for prostate cancer biomarkers before one has a biopsy?
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My urologist did include Polaris test as part of the biopsy procedure. I understand it is comparable to Decipher test. Both are using the tissue to check on aggressiveness of the cancer cells. I asked about the Polaris test results, my doctor said because the cores are all benign, it would not be usable for the test.
Confirm MDX is using the biopsied tissue to test. One urine test that I did before the biopsy which yielded a ExoDx score. Maybe that is what you are thinking. I got 18.77 (normal 0 - 15.6).