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Why are urologists dismissive about Decipher?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 13 12:48pm | Replies (60)

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We experienced the same with our team - the radiologist spoke with the oncologist an then with me. My husband is Gleason 9, 81 years old an a Decipher of .99 (the highest score). The plan of treatment was radiation (12 weeks) followed by 2 years of Aberaterone (1000 mg a day) with 5 mg prednisone, an Lupron every 3 months. My husband outlook is not good. The idea was to keep the hormones at bay an the cancer growth could be controlled. He looks horrible and feels horrible. We have our next appt. In 5 weeks. We shall see. So to answer your question - the Decipher predicts what your outlook is from your biopsy. This is one before you begin treatment.

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I’ve actually run into somebody who had a decipher score of 1. Surprised me I thought .99 was the highest.

If your husband has a lot of fatigue from taking Zytiga and prednisone It May help for him to increase to 10 mg of prednisone instead of 5 mg. 10 mg is one of the standard dosages for prednisone with Zytiga but doctors usually start with 5 mg since that works for most people. I have one guy I have been mentoring who was so fatigued he would wake up in the morning and then have to go back to sleep for three hours. I told him about taking 10 mg and he got approval from his doctor and it made a big difference in his fatigue.