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Diagnostic Imaging Not Yet Enough for Biopsy-Free Radical Prostatectomy - MedPage Today, November 27, 2023

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Biopsy-free PCa diagnostics would be welcomed by anyone who has had one or more needle biopsies. This article in MedPage Today summarizes the current status for the several methodologies being studied as alternatives. Good info for those currently on AS or just watching a rising PSA.

From the lead-in to the article:

"While prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-PET may improve diagnostic accuracy in suspected prostate cancer, it may not be accurate enough to skip the biopsy when considering radical prostatectomy."

The full article (with links to the papers cited and a professional editortial comment) is linked below:

Diagnostic Imaging Not Yet Enough for Biopsy-Free Radical Prostatectomy - Study validates concerns about benign prostatic hyperplasia-related PSMA-PET false positives, by Kristin Jenkins, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today, November 27, 2023

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Dog of Terror,

Thanks for posting... I believe that if the blood test listed below is approved:

sciencedaily.com/releases/2...

plus the PSMA scans may get us to a point, when biopsy may become unnecessary......

Isn't science grand??

DD

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