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Thanks for the response. Agreed on the follow up PSAs. One of my fears was that it was a non-PSA producing prostate cancer. After the biopsy that seems less likely to me. Being able to track it with a minimally invasive procedure is better than not.

Haven't spoken to my OU urologist since biopsy results came in Friday evening. Scheduled for post-biopsy office visit with him on 2/7/25. I got the impression he wasn't sold on the Galleri test calling it "futuristic".

At this point, I'm not sure whether to love or hate the Galleri test. I don't think I will know for awhile whether it accurate or a false-positive, but as a blood DNA test it makes me think that it picked up on something even though that something may not yet be detectable in other ways at least without a PET scan. The way I read one of the Galleri studies a couple of the predicted origins of prostate cancer turned out to be lung cancer so with my lung nodule that has me a little concerned. Not sure how common those are. I've been pretty much solely focused on the prostate angle since the MRI. That's one of the reasons I want to get into the general oncologist for an overall viewpoint of all my testing to date and best path forward.

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You are the living example of one of my more recent posts concerning “advanced” genetic/DNA testing.
Although I agree with everyone that early detection is absolutely the key to surviving almost all forms of cancer, going on this road so early in life has doomed you to a lifetime of looking over your shoulder, running from specialist to specialist, test to test, scan to scan trying to head off something that may never materialize.
As @michaelcharles said, everything looks positive as far as your prostate is concerned, yet now you worry about the possibility that you have the extremely rare form that expresses no - or low - PSA….or maybe it’s your lung? where does it stop? At what level of scientific certainty will you be comfortable? Will the next test be better?
I attended an autopsy once and the deceased had ELEVEN things which would have killed him in a year or two, in addition to the one thing that did.
I applaud your commitment and tenacity but give yourself a chance to breathe, OK?