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Likert score

User
Posted 01 Aug 2021 at 00:09

Has anyone had a Likert score of 4/5 and the biopsy has come back negative ? 

User
Posted 01 Aug 2021 at 09:09

Yes, there have been 3 or 4 men on here recently who were given a PI-RADS 5 and subsequently had the all clear.

Edited by member 01 Aug 2021 at 09:11  | Reason: Not specified

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 01 Aug 2021 at 12:06

Is PI RADS 5  the same as Likert scale ? 

User
Posted 01 Aug 2021 at 12:35

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Is PI RADS 5  the same as Likert scale ? 

To all intents and purposes, Yes. 

Dave

User
Posted 01 Aug 2021 at 12:53
LIKERT just means on a scale of numbers where one end is good and the other is bad, like when you give feedback on a hotel and give a score between 1 and 10, etc.

The LIKERT scale used for the results of an mpMRI is called PI-RADS - 1 means almost certainly no cancer, 3 means they can't tell either way and 5 means almost certainly cancer. But an mpMRI can only see suspicious areas; it can't always tell the difference between cancer, infection and inflammation.

A different LIKERT scale is used for biopsy results where a 1 is normal cells, 3 is cancerous but low risk and 5 is cancerous and poorly differentiated which makes it more high risk / aggressive. This is called a Gleason grade.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 01 Aug 2021 at 20:43

Thank you 

 
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