PSA results 3 months after surgery

Hi Rickdean,

I feel you need to wait for a couple more PSA readings over the next months to a year to see if your PSA is going up or down or steady.  Most people feel that anything under .2 is not a concern but undetectable is the best.  No need to panic at this point, just wait and see, it takes three points to make a trend line.

Dave 3+4

I will be getting my first PSA test in July (3 months post RP).  I go to see the surgeon on 3 August to discuss.  From what I have read, PSA post-radical prostatectomy The PSA should be less than 0.1ng/ml after radical prostatectomy. Once the prostate has been removed, the serum PSA should decay to undetectable levels. This is a reassuring measure of complete resection, reinforced by histopathological results. Ultrasensitive assays can detect PSA to a level of 0.01ng/ml. A detectable PSA reflects an incomplete resection or occult metastases. Following radical prostatectomy, several studies have used <0.2ng/ml as the standard definition of an unrecordable reading. Biochemical recurrence with a PSA of >0.2ng/ml was identified in 19 per cent of patients postoperatively. There have been no reported cases of recurrence in men with a nPSA of <0.01ng/ml.  I pounded the internet for 5 minutes to find this info.  Good luck to you Rickdean.  Reading some of your previous posts, if I have the right person, you had very little if any side effects from the surgery.  I am like you I am not going to get any grey hair over it.  Later.