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@melvinw Exactly!! I just spoke to my RO at Sloan after my recent PSA of < 0.05. After he congratulated me I asked why they didn’t do ultra sensitive tests.
He laughed and said why would they? Anything below 0.05 is clinically meaningless and subject to error; even so, they can’t see anything on a scan so how would they treat it?
Now I understand that my situation is different since I had SRT and Surf’s hubby is in a possible adjuvant situation so there are different concerns.
You initiated treatment at 0.11 but usually it is started at 0.2. That palpable lump was probably the key finding more than the PSA, as you’ve pointed out.
Either way, all PSA tests suck and sometimes I wish our results were more like 👍👎…as if that would provoke less anxiety??🤯

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@heavyphil Hey, happy for you to see that < 0.05 value! You said it all in fewer words than I did. And yes, the palpable lump that lit up on the PSMA PET scan was the key finding in my case.