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Posted 2/17/2016 9:51 PM (GMT 0)
Hey gang:
I would love to have my PSA tests run at the same lab on the same machine but around here they seem to transfer samples around (based on system workloads?? and who has available time??). I have ended up with the following results:

RRP July 2013
Sept 2013 <0.01
Feb 2014 =0.02
June 2014 <0.01
Nov 2014 =0.03
Mar 2015 =0.04
June 2015 =0.03
Sept 2015 <0.01
Feb 2016 =0.06

Maybe some of it is a lab issue; maybe none of it. Obviously I won't wait another 5 months for another test now (with the 0.06).
I am posting to commiserate with everyone who has dealt with bouncing PSA values. Very distressing.
Time to chat with an RO?
Posted 2/17/2016 10:03 PM (GMT 0)
Sounds like you know for a fact that different machines have been used for your testing. If that's the case your numbers look more like a scattering of values all within the range of accuracy and differences between the testing methods to me.

I would get another test done soon and see where it lands.

Jon
Posted 2/17/2016 10:14 PM (GMT 0)
Jon: Certainly, I hope that is it! Thanks for commenting.

Kelly
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