IsoPSA

Posted by smoore4 @smoore4, 1 day ago

“I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member.”
- Woody Allen*, Annie Hall

Seriously, I know I am going to count on this group for plenty of things, so thought I would introduce myself - Steve, hi.

I am early in the PCa process. One of the diagnostic tests I had done was an IsoPSA (8.0). I don't see much chatter about that here, and I am wondering if it is because it is new, or it is not accepted as a standard test. Any thoughts?

* originally Groucho Marx

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web265 | @web265 | 1 day ago

Welcome to the group no one wants to belong to...

I have no experience with it but..google being my friend and with the experience of being a member of the group...

What little I see is that it's seems more like a test that gives a score based on more details of the PSA structure, isoform, as opposed to just the regular PSA test which simply gives you how much PSA is in the blood.

So if you had elevated PSA but not all that elevated, and your good old fashioned DRE wasn't conclusive or negative, the doctor might prescribe the IsoPSA test to come up with a score that might be another factor in deciding if a biopsy is indicated or not.

It seems it might be another test for the purpose of not conducting unnecessary biopsies. Hopefully it might be better at distinguishing between dangerous and benign prostate conditions

"That's just my opinion, I might be wrong." -Dennis Miller

jeffmarc | @jeffmarc | 23 hours ago

Must admit I have never seen those test results before. It is done with people whose PSA is above 4 apparently. Did you get a PSA and Gleason score before the IsoPSA. What were they? Maybe that will help with understanding what your IsoPSA really means.

gently | @gently | 22 hours ago

@smoore4 Steve, Iso psa is used to determine if you even need a biopsy. You are in the 50/50 percent chance of having an aggressive cancer. Probably youll be scheduled for a biopsy and we have lots of advice about that.