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One year past prostatectomy, in waiting mode.

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 14 9:29am | Replies (38)
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@robertmizek

I just clicked on the link and it opened right up. Undetectable according to Mayo Clinic is defined as
0.01 ng / mL. Same with Northwestern Medicine in Chicgao

Here is the link again. It opened on my IPad and IPhone.
https://www.mayocliniclabs.com/api/sitecore/TestCatalog/DownloadTestCatalog?testId=64061
The National Institute of Health still defines undetectable as less than 0.1 ng/ mL which is a ten times higher threshold.

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jeffmarc | @jeffmarc | Oct 5 8:05pm

Strange. I clicked on the first link I got errors twice, a page of invalid link info, now it goes through without an error, as does the second one you posted. Might have been a momentary glitch at Mayo or here, but everything else is going through without a problem here.

I guess if you don’t have an ultra sensitive test then < .1 is as low as it goes, so that’s determined to be undetectable.

Definitely a contradiction in values.

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jeffmarc | @jeffmarc | Oct 6 10:32am

I have a real problem with their .01. For years, I have been hearing people come into the Ancan.org weekly meetings and asking if they should do something about their PSA. I don’t think I’ve heard of one person that had .01. They complain about their .02 going up to .03 or their .03 going up .05. Dozens of people who have less than .1 worrying about it going up and down a little bit over many months.

It seems like .01 is an unrealistic target, but I guess they can use it as their standard, but I bet almost no one meets it.

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