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Curious how are you all getting scores this low? I was treated with SBRT radiation at a major cancer center and my last few PSA tests came back at "< .05" and they tell me that's considered undetectable, as low as they can measure and very good for still having a prostate, but wouldn't it be more helpful to me to know if "< .05" is .01 or .049999?
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@scottbeammeup depends on lab...your PSA essentially means 'non detectable' with their equipment..which apparently stops at .05...remember these labs do all kinds of testing.. so they are ok with their PSA work stopping @ .05..or .03 etc..no cause for concern or alarm
@scottbeammeup I know you were treated at Sloan and so was I. You had primary tx with Cyberknife and I had SRT.
I asked the same question since I also wanted to see a decimal point with at least two zeros after it…but no.
They told me that < .05 is the lowest score they consider and is considered undetectable.
They only start giving you actual numbers if it rises to .05 or above.
That’s fine with me because fluctuations of .01 or .02 really don’t mean anything - but tell that to your emotional self when your newest PSA is hundredths of a decimal point higher…
Why worry when you have so many other things in life to worry about?
Phil
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@scottbeammeup The lab at the University of Rochester goes down to .02 so I would like to see < .02. Some labs go down even lower. Some people say they are at .008. < .05 is good, but I’m the type of person (engineer + generalized anxiety disorder) that wants to know specifically what my score is .