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PSA/MRI not too bad, Biopsy not too good. What??
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The thing is, they are relying on the fact that The Gleason is so low that maybe they can keep going without doing anything. The PSE test could quash that expectation. Wouldn’t hurt to have a decipher test as well.
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Maybe I am misunderstanding the PSE. I thought it combined PSA level and a PC epigenetic marker to improve the likelihood that a "positive" test is actually associated with the presence of cancer. (94 vs 50 % accuracy?) Does it actually provide information about the severity/aggressiveness of the predicted cancer? I thought its main purpose was to help men decide whether or not to have a biopsy for the first time. If someone already knows cancer is present, from a prior biopsy, how does the PSE help. None of the articles I have access to explain this.