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PSA dropped...why?

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May 2022 my PSA was 6.2. Biopsy in August, 3+4=7. 7 of 15 cores noted with cancer. PSA just checked on Nov. 8 and came back 3.9. Why such a drop? I am not on hormones yet.

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Prostatitis usually.

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Thank you...will look it up

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could be a bad lab test. It happens.

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did you have a digital rectal exam prior to your blood being drawn for your May PSA test? That can elevate the blood PSA level. That happened to me - my PSA was 13.6 after a DRE, but three weeks later it was 12.2.

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drop most likely to the repurposed drugs I am taking

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no

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