Experiences with

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)

I Just had my frist PSA screening done and got borderline results: PSA: 0.4 PSA Free: 0.1 PSA Free%: 25. Any thoughts on how concerned I should be about the PSA Free% of 25?

Just had my frist PSA screening done and got borderline results: PSA: 0.4 PSA Free: 0.1 PSA Free%: 25 Any thoughts on how concerned I should be about the PSA Free% of 25?

Should another ADT like Zytiga be added if PSA continues increasing by a small amount? Say to 0.40. Or should I wait until PSA rises considerably. If PSA shows sign of going down, should I continue only with Lupron until PSA is undetectable (<0.1)?

Thank you, I'm putting the history below ____ Metastatic Prostate Cancer PSA Nov.11/22: 3103 Given Firmagon on Dec.2/22 (240mg) PSA Dec.28/22: 500 PSA Jan.24/23 : 600 Given Zytiga to take the same day after blood test PSA Feb.02: 356 Started Docetaxel on Feb.02 PSA Feb.27: 121 PSA Mar.20: 99.30 PSA

on Feb.02 Before second dose: PSA Feb.27: 121 Before third dose: PSA Mar.20: 99.30 Before fourth dose: PSA Apr.11: 99.70 We are at the third dose of chemo Before fifth dose: PSA May.2: 99.30 ________________________________ He is going for six doses as is SOC.

I started this new round of Lupron 4 months ago, testosterone was 175, PSA 16 (never fully recovered from a 2 years hormone suppression that ended also 2 years ago. One month after first injection, testosterone 85 PSA 3, two months, testosterone 75 PSA .8, third month, testosterone 105!

Not <0.1, then you would know what your PSA number really is.

Most important was not PSA but PSA doubling time. PSA doubling time 15 months, The conclusion is that PSA doubling time must be considered along with PSA to determine when men should be scanned. Once PSA is at 2.0 ng/mL, 100% of men are positive.

My density is 0.08, is this good or bad or neither?

I just got my monthly PSA and T results. I am not on any ADT medications for about 17 months now or any medications for that matter. last month results: psa(.11) and T= 700 This month(today): psa(.19) and T=130 I can understand why psa increasing but why T dropped to this level.

Just received my PSA results. Fifth (5th) over the last 12 months. The numbers went from <.02 four months after RT to .04 today. I had no further intervention since RT except for exercise and diet. I am trying to figure out the way ahead. Any thoughts??

I updated my husbands profile to show his PSA went from -- 2.08 in January to... 1.73 in February 1.77 in March 1.78 in April His next test is 6/6. It has never gotten lower than 1.24 back in December of 2022. Is it normal for some people to not have an extremely low PSA?

I had a radical prostatectomy in 2012 and my PSA levels until about a year ago were undetectable. I was then on annual PSA blood tests, but now they have put them up to 3 monthly as the PSA has risen, although still very low at around 0.2 .

I also met w my mo today n let him know what I was doing n he suspected something was going on when he saw my testosterone back up to 500 but the psa only to 1.53 n spiraling 🌀 downward, when in the past psa would go to 6 after test returned.

"High-Risk"recurrence was defined as men who have had primary therapy (prostatectomy or radiation) but have had rising PSA but no detectable (on bone scan/CT) metastases yet and T≥150 ng/dl, and: • PSA doubling time ≤ 9 months, or • PSA≥ 1 ng/ml post-prostatectomy, or • PSA≥ nadir+2 ng/ml post-primary

Does anyone know if those mushrooms have proven to decrease PSA in prostate cancer? I am 56 yo s/p RALP, neg margin, no Mets, Gleason 3+3 in 2014, 0 psa until 2022, now with biochemical recurrence of .2, psa.

After my brachytherapy my PSA start to increase (0.18). I started including tomato paste (high in lycopene) in my morning breakfast smoothie (about 2 oz). My next PSA was 0.09. Will have another PSA in about a month and see what is happening. Best wishes

Have another uro appointment in 2 days where I assume I’ll have another PSA test. [u]Questions:[/u] is an increase in PSA from 1.23 to 18.2 in 8 months better explained by infection or cancer? can PSA related to cancer go down?

My PSA remained nearly constant at 0.30. 10/17/22 0.286 1/20/23 0.321 4/24/23 0.294 If PSA has gone even by small amount, my MO would have ordered PSMA CT scan. Is it advisable to have the scan now because PSA has not decreased significantly.

Is a January 2023 PSA Total of <0.02 (ultasensitive) to February 2023 <0.1 (Not ultrasensitive) scary? Both are quest, but ordered by different doctors. The not ultrasensitive was <0.04 in November of 2022. Panicking Thank you