PSA Result 2026

Hi, Paul.

Welcome to the forum, mate. I've read your profile. There are a few ex-servicemen on here, including me. 🙂

Was there any particular reason that resulted in your PSA test 18 months ago, or was it just routine? Have you had any other PSA tests between your latest and the first one?

Your first PSA test was well within the normal range your latest one is three times higher than the abnormal range.

I'm not medically trained but believe that often these large rises can be caused by other non cancerous conditions such as prostatitis and an enlarged prostate (BPH) plus UTIs.

Its also possible that the reading have been incorrectly recorded. Your first was 1.3 your second 13.3. It could be something as simple as misplacing the decimal points. Others on here have had results that were wrongly recorded.

Your doctor may do a repeat PSA, or to be on the safe side, do a digital rectal examination, or refer you to urology who may give you an MRI scan.

We fully understand the concern this may cause you, mate. We've all been there, but try not to get over anxious as there may not be anything to worry about.

Even if the cause is something more sinister, you're in good hands, and treatment should sort the problem.

Please keep us updated on this thread, you'll get plenty of support here.

Good luck. 👍 

Edited by member 03 Jul 2026 at 14:01  | Reason: Additional text

You have a considerable increase in PSA and your GP may wish to do certain tests to see if there is an explanation for this. He may do a urine test to check for an infection and a DRE (finger up you bottom to check for a large Prostate or hard/irregular parts). However, he cannot feel parts of the Prostate with this test so it is not definitive. In fact it is subjective and many GPs don't do it well. There are several other reasons other than PCa that can cause or contribute to a higher PSA. Your GP may then refer you to Urology at a local hospital. You may then have an MRI and possibly a bone scan and a biopsy. If the MDT (Multi Disciplinery Team) find cancer you will be told treatment options that are open to you and you will most likely have to decide which to adopt as there are pros and cons for all forms of treatment.

It has to be taken a step at a time, atthough the foregoing is usually the way things happen.

Hope it's not PCa but if it is you will be given time to decide on treatment, so suggest you get back to us when you have complete diagnosis and your treatment options, which can vary from man to man.

Paul,  I was 59 when my psa came back at 4.8

That triggered an MRI scan which found two areas of concern.

That triggered a biopsy that failed to find any sign of cancer.

Im on six monthly psa tests now to keep an eye on things.

I know its easy to say dont worry but honestly,  you are better off not worrying until there is actually something to worry about.

The waiting for tests and results is horrendous, especially as the NHS seem incapable of grasping basic communication skills and understanding that you may well be a tad concerned that you may have a life threatening condition. 

Best advice I can give you is to be your own advocate, the NHS machinery just processes you as a series of numbers not as a person. Sometimes you will have to fight to get things done or find things out. 

Adrian is right, a decimal point in the wrong place is more than possible. And even test results that have been assessed by AI and not a human. 

Its something I didn't think I'd ever say, but you really do have to watch what hospitals and doctors do. They may be professionals but every day we see more and more evidence of poor decision making and patient care. 

A friend of mine recently saw his gp for an unexplained pain in his upper arm. Physiotherapy prescribed, no one laid a hand on him or had any kind of scan or xray. Things got steadily worse and he wasn't happy and paid for an MRI of his arm. Result? Bone cancer breaking out of the humerus easily felt through the muscle. Its a secondary thrown out from his kidney. With possible brain involvement. Devastating diagnosis which should have been picked up much earlier as red flags were missed and the right questions went unasked.

ABC  accept nothing, believe no one, check everything. 

Mick