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Deciding between radiation and prostatectomy

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 19 10:36am | Replies (74)

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Not an EBRT expert, so not chiming in. Also, not an expert at staging, but I think a PET scan identification of "aggressive" cancer just indicates that is active cancer and is not the same as a Decipher test, which actually looks at the cancer cells from the biopsy samples and is a better gauge of whether cancer is aggressive or not.

Others who know more, please chime in.

Super glad to hear your older brother is doing well!

Suspect that if prostate cancer runs in the family, genetic testing is a good idea and perhaps if you have sons, to have them start screenings at an earlier age. Stuff I think about as a dad with a son.

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@fritzo Thank you, Fritzo. I had two different genetic tests for various conditions, but only prostate CA came up. I had not heard of the Decipher test until now, but I think that my urologist saw something on my recent fusion biopsy that indicated mine was a more aggressive type of cells. I agree with you and so I let our son know, to start getting monitored early on.