I was looking for a place online to post my frustration with Plus Diagnostics and came across this website.
Last year I had a prostate biopsy performed and apparently read at Plus who reported my biopsy out as prostate cancer. I met with my urologist and he told me that the type of cancer I had based on the Plus report was low grade and slow growing cancer and that the best course of action was to be conservative and follow me up with blood tests and possibly repeat the biopsy in a year to see if the cancer grows.
I was nervous about this and asked for a second opinion. I was seen by another urologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC who fortunately had my biopsy reviewed by the local department of pathology. The pathologists at Memorial reported out my cancer as poorly differentiated and immediate surgery was recommended. I was shocked that based on Plus's diagnosis that no treatment was recommended and now my second opinion is telling me to have a radical prostatectomy and possibly radiation therapy. I went thru with the prostatectomy which confirmed that I had poorly differentiated cancer. I was told that my prognosis is much better now, having completed the surgery before the cancer had spread from my prostate.
Would advise patients to request a copy of the pathology report and check the credentials of the lab and of the person who makes the diagnosis. Two people reviewed my case at Plus and both are foreigners.
Last year I had a prostate biopsy performed and apparently read at Plus who reported my biopsy out as prostate cancer. I met with my urologist and he told me that the type of cancer I had based on the Plus report was low grade and slow growing cancer and that the best course of action was to be conservative and follow me up with blood tests and possibly repeat the biopsy in a year to see if the cancer grows.
I was nervous about this and asked for a second opinion. I was seen by another urologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC who fortunately had my biopsy reviewed by the local department of pathology. The pathologists at Memorial reported out my cancer as poorly differentiated and immediate surgery was recommended. I was shocked that based on Plus's diagnosis that no treatment was recommended and now my second opinion is telling me to have a radical prostatectomy and possibly radiation therapy. I went thru with the prostatectomy which confirmed that I had poorly differentiated cancer. I was told that my prognosis is much better now, having completed the surgery before the cancer had spread from my prostate.
Would advise patients to request a copy of the pathology report and check the credentials of the lab and of the person who makes the diagnosis. Two people reviewed my case at Plus and both are foreigners.