Afternoon John
The NHS don't seem to calculate "free psa" and neither do some online blood test companies. My G.P. didn't know anything about it either.The first online pin prick test I took in 03/18 did and my free psa was over 30 % of the total psa reading, which apparently is a good sign. My psa with that company was 6.26, hence why I went to the doctors for a second opinion. They took a needle blood test in May 18 and my psa came out at 3.58. When I was phoned with the result I asked about the free psa, but was told by the GP that was the only information she had. My second online pin prick test, with a different company, was on 06/01/21 and that came out at 7.54. When I was phoned with the information I asked what the free psa score was but was told that they didn't test for that. I again went back to the doctors and my needle blood tests came out with a psa reading of 5.32 on 10/03/21 & 5.76 on 12/04/21. Hence my referral for an MRI scan and my subsequent referral for a biopsy.
My research back in 2018 suggested that a low free reading as a percentage of total psa was a further suggestion that cancer was present, but whether it, since the NHS don't bother to calculate it, means anything is anybody's guess.
Yes, nothing, including the psa readings, is straightforward when you enter the prostate cancer world
Ivan
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