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@jeffmarc

Re: the staff Mayo urologist she said < .1 is what they're looking for.

Somebody else in this forum said that Mayo required it to be < .01 to be considered undetectable.

Seem to have a definite conflict of information here, and the fact that you only got one decimal point is puzzling since others at Mayo get three, Including your brother. Sounds like this urologists only requests one digit because they considered it undetectable If below .1.

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@jeffmarc -- Thanks for weighing in and you raise a couple of good points. First, doubling checking what I wrote above and my lab reports, I misspoke above. My brothers psa and my psa 3 months ago was ".04", not ".004". Ugh; sorry about that. Second, I remember seeing that previous comment about "< .01" and I simply attributed it to human error because what I had consistently seen and heard were references to "< .1". But I probably should have inquired then rather than just assuming I knew what was going on. That said, here's what I do know for certain after double checking my lab reports: First, my latest psa report says "< .1" and that same psa report also explicitly states that "free psa is below detectable limits". Second, I just got off the tele visit with a staff Mayo urologist (unfortunately before I read your comment) and she clearly stated to me that "< .1" is what they're looking for. One thing I didn't clarify in my comment above is that neither my brother nor myself have been using the Mayo lab for psa testing (and in fact my brother isn't a Mayo patient at all). We both live remote and use the same local lab (Quest). At this point, I am sure of 2 points: First, what my latest psa test says and what I heard this morning from a staff Mayo urologist at my 6 month tele visit. I'm also reasonably sure "< .1" is what I heard 3 months ago from a different Mayo staff urologist at my 3 month checkup (especially since .04 is greater than .01 so if .01 was the threshold than I'm pretty sure the Mayo urologist would have discussed it further at my 3 month checkup). Sorry for the confusion and thanks again for questioning it.