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Exodx test

Posted by ginger38314 @ginger38314, 1 day ago

Recently I had an mri for an psa of 5, they found an .8 cm wedge lesion and said fi di gs consistent with prostatitis and gave it a pirads 4 rating. He wanted to do a exodx test to determine whether to proceed to a biopsy. What scores are worrisome and how accurate are they in predicting aggressive cancers. Say if you get a 30 score does that mean higher probability of higher Gleason score than 7.

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ginger38314 | @ginger38314 | 23 hours ago
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I would say two weeks. I was walking a mile with my catheter in three days later. I had the catheter in for 11 days due to a holiday weekend and felt comfortable to drive with it in, but my wife would not let me. Once it was out I was out and driving. Now when I say two weeks, I was not doing physical activities like jogging or lifting anything heavy. At three weeks I was in the car for a two hour drive. I can say within a month the surgery was history, off flying international. My single port scar cannot even be seen now.

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I will see what happens with me over always been extremely active so
hopefully that will help my situation if it gets to that point currently
walk 10 miles daily. If you don't mind down the road I will email for
advice. But at this point in a holding pattern.

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wheel1 | @wheel1 | 22 hours ago
In reply to @ginger38314 "No they did a exo ds test yesterday because the mri showed an infection tpp." + (show)
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No they did a exo ds test yesterday because the mri showed an infection tpp.

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As Jeff indicated the PSE has a higher accuracy, but for the time being await the ExoDx results. You don’t mention your PSA history or from what it jumped to the 5. If you have a prostatitis infection it would have risen. If your ExoDx is low continue your PSA monitoring I would recommend quarterly depending on your history and that jump to 5 if it was a large jump from your past reading’s. If your PSA continues concerning regardless of your ExoDx score maybe get the PSE

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wheel1 | @wheel1 | 22 hours ago
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I will see what happens with me over always been extremely active so
hopefully that will help my situation if it gets to that point currently
walk 10 miles daily. If you don't mind down the road I will email for
advice. But at this point in a holding pattern.

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Happy to share my experience and I will say their is a lot of experience on this board.

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ginger38314 | @ginger38314 | 21 hours ago
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As Jeff indicated the PSE has a higher accuracy, but for the time being await the ExoDx results. You don’t mention your PSA history or from what it jumped to the 5. If you have a prostatitis infection it would have risen. If your ExoDx is low continue your PSA monitoring I would recommend quarterly depending on your history and that jump to 5 if it was a large jump from your past reading’s. If your PSA continues concerning regardless of your ExoDx score maybe get the PSE

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I started 3 years ago at 65 4.1 retest 2.2. Then 3.85 then 3.74 then this
year 5.09 then retest 4.99, mri 4 with wedge shaped lesion .8cm summary
noted findings consistent with prostatitis, psa density. 16.

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ginger38314 | @ginger38314 | 21 hours ago
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As Jeff indicated the PSE has a higher accuracy, but for the time being await the ExoDx results. You don’t mention your PSA history or from what it jumped to the 5. If you have a prostatitis infection it would have risen. If your ExoDx is low continue your PSA monitoring I would recommend quarterly depending on your history and that jump to 5 if it was a large jump from your past reading’s. If your PSA continues concerning regardless of your ExoDx score maybe get the PSE

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Is there a decent chance this could be benign.

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wheel1 | @wheel1 | 21 hours ago
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Is there a decent chance this could be benign.

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Certainly could be benign. My PIRADS 4 was benign, fortunately it led to my biopsy which did find my cancer in other areas. It is clear prostatitis issues in patients can reflect in the MRI.

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ginger38314 | @ginger38314 | 21 hours ago

I did read that wedge shaped lesions are indicative of prostate infection but can be malignant too, but not as much as round irregular shapes.

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ginger38314 | @ginger38314 | 20 hours ago
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I did read that wedge shaped lesions are indicative of prostate infection but can be malignant too, but not as much as round irregular shapes.

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I guess I will see what the exods score says and let you know when I find out.

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ginger38314 | @ginger38314 | 20 hours ago

By the way my name is scott

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