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[Diagnosis and follow-up of prostate cancer patients using prostate specific antigen (PSA)].

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: An international standard of prostate specific antigen (PSA) assays was constructed and prognosis of the patients with prostate cancers showing gray zone PSA was studied. For lower levels of serum PSA (< 50 ng/ml), the conversion formula to that of Tandem-R PSA from other assays was presented. Furthermore, based on the standards of Stanford Reference and Markit-MPA, conversion rates to this international standard from the conventional PSA assays were also obtained. Patients' cancer-specific survival was found to be significantly better in the gray zone group. Further studies to obtain higher specificity such as using free or complex rate in total PSA is necessary.

Source: PubMed

Authors: M Kuriyama, H Uno, K Ueno, N Yamamoto, Y Takahashi, I Shinoda, Y Ban, Y Kawada

Institution: Gifu University

Language: Japanese

Topic: Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Urology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W114145458

FWCI: 0.318

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