So I'm not sure if that is considered ultra sensitive or just regular testing. In any case, since my staging was T3a, the Onc and myself decided to keep a close eye on the PSA level. After about 18 month or so, the PSA level went to .04, .05, .07, and when it reached .08 we decided to proceed with SRT (3 consecutive increases). On the day Mikes21 •. 3 years ago • 29 Replies. Hi All, Five months ago I posted that I went from an ultra sensitive psa of <.006 to <.014 and people experienced the same with their psa test from labcorp changing their assay. Just got my latest psa of <.031 so I am concerned with the doubling from <.014 to <.031. First post-op uPSA ≥0.03 conferred the highest risk (HR 8.5, p<0.0001) and discerned cBCR with greater sensitivity than undetectable first conventional PSA (70% vs. 46%). Any post-op PSA ≥0.03 captured all failures missed by first post-op value (100% sensitivity) with accuracy (96% specificity). A "normal" PSA level of 4 ng/ml or below doesn't guarantee that you are cancer-free; in about 15% of men with a PSA below 4 ng/ml, a biopsy will reveal prostate cancer. A high PSA level may prompt you to seek treatment, resulting in possible urinary and sexual side effects. Conditions other than cancer—BPH and prostatitis, for example—can PSA is a type of protein that's made by both normal cells in the prostate gland and cancer cells. It can be found in your blood and semen, and its measurement is often used to check for new or It depends on which test you use and the lab that runs it. For the ultrasensitive test (uPSA), minimum detectable is 0.01 ng/ml. For one super-ultrasensitive test, it is 0.008 ng/ml. And there are tests that go as low as 0.0001 ng/ml. However, there are no useful applications for anything more sensitive than the uPSA. .

ultra sensitive psa vs regular psa