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PSA increase: Should I be concerned?

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@kmcdonald1966

Has anyone ever heard of a PSA level over 80 ? That is a crazy number, what does it mean?

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For a few years, I have attended weekly Ancan.org Advanced prostate cancer meetings. I’ve heard much higher PSA levels than that, In the last two weeks somebody’s came in with PSA over 300 and in the past I’ve heard of it over 1000. ADT can usually bring it down quickly and dramatically, But there are very important numbers besides the PSA. The Gleason score can tell you how aggressive it is. Getting a decipher test can tell you how likely it is to progress quickly.

A high PSA usually means that you have prostate cancer. It could also mean BPH, but is extremely unlikely that it would be that high With BPH.

@kmcdonald1966, are you being monitored for prostate cancer recurrence or was this your first PSA test for diagnostic purposes? Any further testing done?