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New prostate cancer diagnosis: Wonder if focal therapy is right for me
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 5 8:25am | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
@bjroc really appreciate your comments. This places an important new perspective on the test. I had no idea until you shared. I will keep this in mind when I meet with the Dr in 6 weeks after which the test will already be complete. Thank you.
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The decipher test is pretty accurate in figuring out whether or not you’re going to have reoccurrences in the next five or 10 years.
Doctors can rely on that information to tell them that somebody would need ADT because their chance of reoccurrence was much higher due to the decipher test. The ADT would extend the amount of time it takes for the cancer to reoccur.
There are other tests that look for the same sort of thing, the Artera AI Test is used for the same reason as the decipher test to find out the chance of reoccurrence.
There are a lot of doctors that depend on the results of these tests to decide what the best treatment would be after initial treatment.