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Obtaining EpiSwitch PSE

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Oxford Biodynamics (UK) has announced a new blood test, EpiSwitch PSE, with claimed accuracy, specificity and sensitivity >= 94%. The test uses PSA along with several genetic markers for prostate cancer detection, which is a marked improvement over 4K in specificity.

Does anyone have info on getting the test? It's newly available as of mid September.

Info at 94percent.com

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Thanks for the post. It is available. I will ask my MO if I can get it. I don't know whether or not medicare will pay for it.

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Looks promising. The site you posted has a pop up link to order the test. Relatively straightforward

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Wishyouwerehere

Dear allI live across the pond and prior to my pc diagnosis I enquired about this pse test to be told it was not available. However 3 days ago Oxford bio opened it up to the public in the uk and I understand that samples are sent to a lab in Cambridge UK and the samples are then sent to USA since that is where the machine that reads the DNA is. So I suspect that if it is a USA based machine then they will be targeting USA men heavily. If I had had the opportunity to use it beforehand then at 94% accuracy I would have used it as my first step on my journey and if it came back with a yes I would have then gone on to the conventional steps of mri and transperineal biopsy since I would never have a transrectal biopsy because men die from sepsis just to find out that they do not have pc ( see Norways ban on transrectal biopsies)

Hope this helps

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