What is the normal range of free PSA?

Safe. Zero to 2.0 ng/mL. Your chance of prostate cancer is very low. Checking your free PSA level may be unneeded.

What’s a normal PSA level by age?

‘Normal’ PSA Levels By Age Chart

What should your PSA number be?

Decoding a PSA Test The median PSA for this age range is 0.6 to 0.7 ng/ml. For men in their 60s: A PSA score greater than 4.0 ng/ml is considered abnormal. The normal range is between 1.0 and 1.5 ng/ml. An abnormal rise: A PSA score may also be considered abnormal if it rises a certain amount in a single year.

What is the correlation between PSA and prostate cancer?

About 15% of men with a PSA below 4 will have prostate cancer if a biopsy is done. Men with a PSA level between 4 and 10 (often called the “borderline range”) have about a 1 in 4 chance of having prostate cancer. If the PSA is more than 10, the chance of having prostate cancer is over 50%.

Is a PSA of 0.2 good?

A test result above 0.2 ng/mL a few months after your procedure could be a sign that your prostate cancer has come back. This is called a biochemical recurrence. If your number is higher than it should be, it doesn’t mean you definitely have cancer. Results can vary from person to person and from lab to lab.

What does a PSA reading of 0.01 mean?

A lower PSA cutoff of 0.01 ng/mL in men following RP is an independent predictor of BCR. A higher PSA concentration of 0.03 ng/mL in men with no pathological evidence of prostate cancer may effectively define undetectable.

Is a PSA level of 11 high?

PSA level between 2.5 and 4 ng/mL: This is a normal PSA level for most men. PSA level between 4 and 10 ng/mL: This indicates that prostate cancer might be present. At this level, there is about a 25% chance that you have prostate cancer.