Peter Attia· MD
it's a test that's approved by all insurances it should be done before any biopsy in my opinion there's really no case sure if the patient's PSA is a thousand and you just need a tissue diagnosis okay that's not let's not debate that
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
it's a test that's approved by all insurances it should be done before any biopsy in my opinion there's really no case sure if the patient's PSA is a thousand and you just need a tissue diagnosis okay that's not let's not debate that
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so today let's talk about what we can do with an MRI to check if we have suspicion based on these other blood-based biomarkers what can we do to increase the probability that if we actually go to the step of a biopsy the probability is sufficiently high that it was worth it