Do you hold ADT prior to biopsy of possible prostate cancer metastatic disease?
Does ADT affect the results of a biopsy?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
ADT can affect the ability to assign a Gleason score, but I am assuming this is not an issue here. We biopsy new sites of metastatic disease in people on ADT all the time to confirm progression and to get tissue to identify potentially actionable targets. The only time I would deliberately hold ADT ...
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Radiation Oncologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Clearly, ADT affects the grading of the cancer, bu...
Clearly, ADT affects the grading of the cancer, bu...