I don’t think it’s about “giving little credit to the two exams.” It’s about not getting a test simply for the sake of getting a test.

You have to consider how the test results may change treatment management. There are many different biomarker tests depending on what you’re looking for:

> FoundationOne®Liquid CDx; Guardant360; Caris Assure.
> Decipher; Prolaris; OncotypeDx.

Liquid biomarker tests:
> (blood): 4KScore; EpiSwitch PSE; Phi Prostate Health Index;
> (urine): SelectMDx; PCa3 (PC Antigen 3); MyProstateScore (MPS), ExoDx.

(I’ve probably missed others.)

So, it depends on what biomarker information you’re looking for and what you plan to do with it. (I had the OncotypeDx and Prolaris tests; never had a Decipher test.)

On the other hand, you shouldn’t feel rushed. You should expect to get all your questions answered - sometimes the answer may be “no”, if they can explain why (or why not). But, even if they say “No” to ArteraAI (as just one example), if you still want the test, they should arrange it for you (if insurance will pay for it).

(I had 28 sessions of proton radiation with 6 months of ADT. Treatments were relatively uneventful.)