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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 20 5:09pm | Replies (36)

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@jeffmarc

The standard for undetectable in a PSA test has been < .1 for the 14 years I’ve had prostate cancer., at least according to more than one doctor/oncologist I’ve been involved with

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You are correct. My oncologist responded to me that if a patient is tested with a standard PSA test and the results are < 0.1, it is considered undetectable. My oncologist and urologist started using ultrasensitive PSA tests after my RP, so my initial post surgery PSA of 0.03 was not considered undetectable. He also stated that if a PSA remains below 0.1, a BCR of 0.2 never occurs, so the tests wind up at the same point in terms of next treatment set points.