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How long did you wait for PSMA scan?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 24 2:44pm | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
Thanks for words of comfort and encouragement and for sharing your timeline. Means a lot < 3.
Honestly, I do not count on our present doctor for anything any more, so I am doing my best not to miss any window of opportunity again.
Our UCSF appointment (new doctor) is at the end of April and I want to have everything ready for that app. I do not want to wait additional month or so for scans and pathology slide transfer etc and all that caboodle.
PS: Did you have Decipher done after your biopsy or after surgery ? Our non-doctor refused to do it with explanation - you are going now for treatment so it is of no use. BUT I see here that actually members had it done to help with making plans for treatment so I am confused.
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I heard from two urologists that Decipher was developed to decide on active surveillance in low and intermediate-low risk cases. They don’t think it has much value in higher risk categories.
That said, it is being used to determine duration of ADT with RT and research has shown ir to be a predictor of recurrence risk in high risk Pc.
Knowing your Decipher win’t change your treatment decision, but it is still information you would like to have.
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The Decipher is only for the biopsy. It helps to fill in the gaps to know if the small sample was part of a bigger problem. I’m not sure how someone uses that after the initial treatment to determine future treatment.