What Does A PSA Level Of 7 Indicate?

Posted on Fri, 28 Oct 2016

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Question : hi my 85 year old dad has a psa of 7 do you think this is normal?

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Clinical correlation needed

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

There is no specific normal or abnormal level of PSA in the blood. In the past, most doctors considered PSA levels of 4.0 ng/mL and lower as normal. Therefore, if a man had a PSA level above 4.0 ng/mL, doctors would often recommend a prostate biopsy to determine whether prostate cancer was present. However, PSA level above 4.0 ng/mL does not necessarily mean that prostate cancer is present. A clinical correlation is needed.

Please go through:
https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/psa-fact-sheet
http://www.m.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/psa

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar