PSA went from 0.97 to 0.99 during chemo treatments. Should we be concerned?

[Jdhanoa]

Hi all,

My dad is currently going through chemo. History of his diagnosis is in my bio. He was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer in March this year. We started triple therapy and just finished 4th dose of chemo. His latest blood results showed PSA of 0.99 however the ones 3 weeks before was 0.97. I am concerned with the results as so for each blood test since starting the treatment it’s been decreasing. Please let me know what this means. Thank you.

[Fiddler2004]

There's an article from PubMed here pertaining to PSA rise during the first 8 weeks of Chemo, evidently it's appears to be a somewhat common occurrence -> pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/183.... Hope this helps, wishing you and your Dad well 🙏

[Hidden]

Do not get hung up on the second decimal point. That is effectively the same number. He is about 1.

[Tall_Allen]

Low and stable is great.

[j-o-h-n]

My dear..............I think you're going to worry yourself into a mental breakdown.....Slow Down...

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Friday 08/18/2023 6:03 PM DST