Prostrate Cancer

General information on PSA readings:

There is no such thing as a "normal" PSA reading. As implied in the previous post it can be affected by various issues like inflamation or the most common cause, enlarged prostate.  Larger the prostate is, the more PSA is produced.

Most elevated PSA readings in the gray area between 4 and 10 relate to benign causes.

One isolated PSA figure isn't necessarily  meaningful in itself. More important than one  PSA figure is the rate of change in readings. eg: if the number has suddenly increased by 100% in a short timeframe it would be a cause for further investigation.

It's very unusual for anything to show up in a bone scan unless PSA is at least 20.

 My husband's PSA was 2.7, he had a gleason scale of 7.  2.5 was the "high-normal" range for his age. Because of family hx, I insisted he see a urologist. Always, always follow up. Don't ever assume all is well because of the "norm".

On 12/11/2007 Johnw100 wrote:

General information on PSA readings:

There is no such thing as a "normal" PSA reading. As implied in the previous post it can be affected by various issues like inflamation or the most common cause, enlarged prostate.  Larger the prostate is, the more PSA is produced.

Most elevated PSA readings in the gray area between 4 and 10 relate to benign causes.

One isolated PSA figure isn't necessarily  meaningful in itself. More important than one  PSA figure is the rate of change in readings. eg: if the number has suddenly increased by 100% in a short timeframe it would be a cause for further investigation.

It's very unusual for anything to show up in a bone scan unless PSA is at least 20.

 My husband's PSA was 2.7, he had a gleason scale of 7.  2.5 was the "high-normal" range for his age. Because of family hx, I insisted he see a urologist. Always, always follow up. Don't ever assume all is well because of the "norm".

On 12/11/2007 Johnw100 wrote:

General information on PSA readings:

There is no such thing as a "normal" PSA reading. As implied in the previous post it can be affected by various issues like inflamation or the most common cause, enlarged prostate.  Larger the prostate is, the more PSA is produced.

Most elevated PSA readings in the gray area between 4 and 10 relate to benign causes.

One isolated PSA figure isn't necessarily  meaningful in itself. More important than one  PSA figure is the rate of change in readings. eg: if the number has suddenly increased by 100% in a short timeframe it would be a cause for further investigation.

It's very unusual for anything to show up in a bone scan unless PSA is at least 20.