Is liquid biopsy ever used as an alternative to transperineal biopsy for diagnosis and guide to follow up treatment?
I don’t want to go down a research ‘rabbit hole’ if there is current scientific consensus on its diagnostic value and treatment guidance for Prostate cancer
I already have more than enough to ask my urology oncologist before I schedule my necessary biopsy! Thanks in advance for everyone’s knowledge and experience
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🤔 Is it the case that Sentinel identifies risk categories with greater specificity and accuracy than a transperineal biopsy or is a diagnostic tool used in addition to a biopsy.?
Thank you very much. I am going in the wrong direction. Your referral in another post to the NCCN Guidelines is very much appreciated. I have been fumbling around to determine and understand the next step in my diagnosis.
I believe I came close to having this very test just before it was shut down. I knew the test was on borrowed time and if there were questions about it's accuracy I was not going to spend hundreds for suspect results.
If this type of testing can be refined it would certainly be more accurate than the biopsy needle.
The most accurate test today for prostate cancer is a pathology report on a removed prostate.
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