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Re: PSA question

Undetectable is a historical term which originally meant that it was undetectable with the test available about 10 tears ago which was .1. This confusion occurs after a prostatectomy when the PSA levels are usually very low, The term is still used to refer to any PSA reading less than 0.1 in some literature even if, as an example, it might be measured .07 by the PSA test of today. So you may be told your PSA is undetectable even when the lab result shows 0.07. "Undetectable" sort of means it is not significant as most of the old protocols for treatment needed a PSA greater than .1 before doing anything.

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