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New research on length of ADT therapy for patients with RT
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@datasource You should demand a Decipher Score to actually measure the aggressiveness of your cancer. They did not have one when I was diagnosed.
It is totally unscientific and imprecise to call your cancer high risk or aggressive based on your PSA. Men have had PSA’s triple yours and no cancer was found on biopsy.
Especially with a small 4+3, the treatment with ADT all depends on the aggressiveness. I will go one step further and say that if your decipher score comes in very low you may not need ADT at all – and remember this advice is coming from someone who actually wanted it! Best of luck,
Phil
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I am going in for Early Salvage Radiation on the 23rd of August. My decipher score was 0.56. I had a RP 5 years ago and my psa has now gotten to .128. My RO is not recommending ADT! I also had an ArteraAI result of Low and it recommended that ADT was not recommended as there was little value in doing it? My concern is that .56 is pretty close to .6 whereas that is a high Decipher score and would probably recommend ADT? I have no other issues except that my tumor abutted up against the capsule but no EPE per the Path Report. Since .56 is pretty close to .6 is there a + or - or is the .56 a solid number and nothing to worry about? Thanks