I would say it means something, but nothing significant.
My doctor said he has patients that have been on Zytiga for years with PSAs that are higher,
It might stay around that or go slightly higher for a while. .01 to .07 is a small change, could just be noise. It would have to keep going up to a significant number, usually above 2 before you would normally consider doing anything.
You could discuss switching the steroid to Dexamethasone with your doctor. Many people get more time out of Zytiga that way.
If it does continue to go up, you would have imaging done before changing treatments. You wouldn't change treatments based on PSA alone.
Gregg57, Sorry false alarm! I usually don’t hear back from my Oncologist until the next day and I was really worried. But my new oncologist just got back to me and said that my PSA is still undetectable. The <0.07 vs <0.01 designation only reflects the different lower limits of detection for the different assays. In this case it was tested at a different facility. Thank you for the advice as well!
Sorry false alarm! I usually don’t hear back from my Oncologist until the next day and I was really worried. But my new oncologist just got back to me and said that my PSA is still undetectable. The <0.07 vs <0.01 designation only reflects the different lower limits of detection for the different assays. In this case it was tested at a different facility. Sorry to bother Nalakrats. You are a roll model on how to take care of yourself!
The laboratory at the oncology part of my health-care provider (which is affiliated with a well-recognized university) doesn't report PSA less than 0.1 ng/ml. My last three tests have been reported as <0.1 ng/ml. I'm starting to realize that maybe this relieves me of a lot of anxiety.
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