My Urologist requested a specific doctor to read my Prostate MRI. When I asked him why, he basically indicated that the number of doctors skilled enough to accurately read the image was limited. That only served to confirm the choice of having the Decipher test as a back up …for everything…like a second opinion.

I hear the industry is trying to use artificial intelligence to improve these type of imaging diagnostic readings but obviously its not there yet.

I think my RO is great, with skill, experience, a comforting personality, and she answered all my questions including a couple with” I don’t know”. Many RO’s seem to subtlety avoid answering a question with “I don't know “ and there are, as a layman, many grey areas unfortunately, that do not have clear answers. It’s hard to know, when to know, that your answers to questions will no longer yield further insightful information that may help you make a better decision. I had to sort of minimize the grey areas the best I could and at some point accept some of the unknowns and make the best decision I could as a collaborative patient.