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Pirads 3, going for PSMA PET scan instead of biopsy

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 18 7:14pm | Replies (13)
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@dan15

Just to clarify. Pyrads 3 is approx 20% risk of a significant prostate cancer. My plan is to go for a PSMA pet scan, if no cancer is detected, no more test are required and I saved going through a biopsy. If a cancer is detected, than of course I need a biopsy to determine the cancer grade.

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robertmizek | @robertmizek | May 17 7:26pm

How you get treated and diagnosed is your business and your choice and I respect that. I held off getting my first biopsy until there was compelling evidence that a biopsy was necessary. Before you go through the expense of a PET-PSMA test you might consider getting a 4K test test done. It’s low cost in comparison to PET-PSMA and has a good track record of identifying aggressive PCa. My 4K test came back with a high likelihood of PCa which turned out to be unfortunately true. If a 4k test comes back with a low probability of aggressive PCa you can factor that into your decision whatever that is. https://4kscore.com/

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