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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 2 7:32am | Replies (29)
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By successful, do you mean personally know how your DNA has allowed this to happen? There are 4 or 5 epigenetic changes that are known to be drivers of PCa, but I don’t think there is a way to tell you how or why your genes misfired.
They are able to detect these changes, just as they can with genomic testing (BRCA) but that’s about it. Hope that helps,
Phil
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@heavyphil I’m interested in learning what specific cancer cells are in play. As I understand, they change, explaining in part how they become castrate resistant or do not express psa that is normally tracked.
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So, are there tests that are standard parts of treatment plans?
Is there anything in particular do to, depending on what they show?
Are any such tests covered by insurance, or reasonably cheap, or even "home" tests you can do by mail?
Thanks!