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ClarityDX Prostate may help patients avoid costly and painful procedures
Data-Driven Diagnosis
BTY JESSE COLE + PHOTOGRAPHY RYAN PARKER
erry Kirkland was 64 years old when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
“We had a patient with the exact same cancer as you, Terry,” the diagnosing doctor told him. “He was 47, and, with aggressive treatment, we got him to 52.”
Kirkland couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Just weeks prior, during a routine prostate exam, his GP had assured him he had a “nice, firm prostate.” Having previously been diagnosed with higher-than-normal Prostate Specific Antigens (PSA), Kirkland interpreted his doctor’s comments as a sign he was in the clear. Now, he was being told he might have only a few years left to live.
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