Difference between revisions of "Prostate cancer"

Prostate cancer (view source)

86 bytes added , 03:14, 22 July 2014

48,862

edits

@@ Line 527: / Line 527: @@
 ===Prostate markers===
-*PSA +ve.
+*PSA (prostate specific antigen) +ve.
-*PSAP +ve.
+*PSAP (prostatic specific acid phosphatase) +ve. †
-*P501S +ve.
+*P501S +ve. ‡
-*NKX3.1 +ve.
+*NKX3.1 +ve. ‡
 Notes:
-*P501S and NKX3.1 are considered second line markers.<ref name=pmid25025364/>
+*† PSAP may be positive in hindgut [[neuroendocrine tumour]]s.<ref name=pmid>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Azumi | first1 = N. | last2 = Traweek | first2 = ST. | last3 = Battifora | first3 = H. | title = Prostatic acid phosphatase in carcinoid tumors. Immunohistochemical and immunoblot studies. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 8 | pages = 785-90 | month = Aug | year = 1991 | doi =  | PMID = 1712549 }}</ref>
-*PSAP may be positive in hindgut [[neuroendocrine tumour]]s.<ref name=pmid>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Azumi | first1 = N. | last2 = Traweek | first2 = ST. | last3 = Battifora | first3 = H. | title = Prostatic acid phosphatase in carcinoid tumors. Immunohistochemical and immunoblot studies. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 8 | pages = 785-90 | month = Aug | year = 1991 | doi =  | PMID = 1712549 }}</ref>
+*‡ P501S and NKX3.1 are considered second line markers.<ref name=pmid25025364/>
 ===Benign prostate versus neoplastic prostate===