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Timing of ADT + Zytiga - Anyone else start them at different times?
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If I may ask what are they considering as undectable?
And if undectable what was your actual number?
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Well, that is a horse of a different color.
After BCR, my Rad Onc (RO) at Johns Hopkins (JH) ordered an Ultrasensative PSA (uPSA), which was performed at Quest Labs (I am out of state and 90 mins from a JH facility, and he said that it was fine to use Quest). Quest's detection level is < .02, and my PSA was " undetectable".
FYI: uPSA detection limit at JH is < .03
And, a radiation treatment friend of mine at JH has a different RO, and following the same tx for BCR, he had a regular PSA test and was "undetectable " at < .1
My take is that < .1 is the practical standard to use because I don't think that they treat < .1 anyway
Having said that, I will continue with the uPSA in later Feb and lose my mind when my levels exceed .02, even if they are still < .1
The conundrum of information, or TMI.
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My health team considers "less than 0.1" as the goal (undetectable) for my situation of where I had a prostatectomy and BCR (19.0). They said that chasing the significant digits isn't worth it, just focus on "less than 0.1".