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My 56 years old uncle's psa was 4.51 in june ,now it is 0.497. is this rate of decrease abnormal?he was taking martifur for one month for uti

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Dr. Sam Brancato answered

Specializes in Urology

PSA: PSA can be elevated for various benign reasons, one of which is UTI. That is why a PSA should never be obtained in the setting of a bladder or prostate infection. The trend is more important and I would see what his most recent PSA was prior to the known infection.

Answered 10/20/2014

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