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PSA 0.05 from unrecordable

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Posted 27 Jan 2022 at 16:07

Hi, my partner had a radical prostectomy in October 2020  his PSA levels have been unrecordable at all his 3 monthly checks. He has just had the result from his first 6 monthly bloods and its now 0.05 I know that's only a tiny increase   but should we be worried ? Thanks in advance for any replies 

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Posted 27 Jan 2022 at 16:59
No need to worry but if it gets to 0.1 and then continues to rise, ask for a referral to oncology. Have you seen the result or just been given it over the phone? Is it possible that whoever gave the result didn't know what a < sign meant? Or the < sign wasn't transferred from the digital report into his medical record? It does happen!
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 28 Jan 2022 at 17:21

Thankyou for the reply,  the result was given over the phone so hopefully they just missed off the <, his specialist nurse is off for the next 3 weeks and I just had a moment of blind panic 

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Posted 28 Jan 2022 at 17:45
I got the result of my blood test yesterday and the nurse said 0.03 PSA. I queried if it was <0.03 and she apologised saying yes.
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Posted 29 Jan 2022 at 08:53

Lots of people are not very competent with numbers, including some support workers and receptionists. Quite often when I ask what someone's PSA is, I'll get answers like:
00.1
0.0.1
>0.1

I recommend always asking for the printout.

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Posted 29 Jan 2022 at 22:40

I’ve had a similar issue with missing < signs. Best thing I found is to ask them to print out a copy of the blood report and pick it up in person. Then at least you have the lab report so hopefully less scope for important details missing. 

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Posted 31 Jan 2022 at 09:41

Happened to me too, the receptionist at my local GP surgery didn't notice the "<" sign or didn't know how to interpret it. Had a retest at the hospital who reaffirmed PSA was still undetectable. It could also be due to a change in lab e.g. if you've just moved from hospital testing to local testing.

 
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