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Why are urologists dismissive about Decipher?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (36)

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heavyphil,
all prostate surgeons are urologists. There are urologist who also perform prostate surgery. There are many urological surgeries aside from prostatectomy. "Most urologists are"surgeons."
Most urologist are not Surgical Oncologists.
The Surgical Oncologist at USC, who did not perform surgery in this case, insisted on two months of ADT prior in order to reach the "sweet spot." Even though the surgery removes the entire prostate. The prostate bed remains with some risk of biological recurrence.

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Hey gently, a bit confused by your reply; is this your treatment involving ADT? Someone else? Either way, surgery was employed as primary treatment, no?. Don’t see any mention of Decipher used to find the “sweet spot” you mention, although we’ve discussed the pros and cons of shrinking the gland prior to surgery.
Phil