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Newly diagnosed and looking for treatment advice.
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 11, 2025 | Replies (71)Comment receiving replies
@quaddick
Sounds like you already know the importance of second opinions when trying to decide that many of us, including me, did to help us decide what to do.
I am not familiar with the prostox test. Is this a new test? It is almost impossible to keep up with all the changes coming to prostate cancer treatments, testing, diagnosis that is changing so drastically and so quickly.
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@jc76 Prostox is a new AI test that uses your genetics (swab in mouth test) to determine what your reaction would be to high does SBRT treatment and how it would affect your urinary toxicity. No idea how they can determine this using a swab from your mouth, but mine came back saying I am a bad candidate high does SBRT and that I would have a 95% chance of long term Grade 2 urinary issues. It recommended the longer low dose radiation treatments IMRT which said there was only a 5% chance. This test was ordered by my Mayo Jax Oncologist when he was considering SBRT and it change my path. I am now looking at surgery just to get this out of my body before it is too late.