Difference between revisions of "Prostate-specific antigen"

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Better predictor than (unadjusted) serum PSA for:
Better predictor than (unadjusted) serum PSA for:
*Gleason score upgrading on [[prostatectomy]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Sfoungaristos S, Katafigiotis I, Perimenis P |title=The role of PSA density to predict a pathological tumour upgrade between needle biopsy and radical prostatectomy for low risk clinical prostate cancer in the modified Gleason system era |journal=Can Urol Assoc J |volume=7 |issue=11-12 |pages=E722–7 |year=2013 |pmid=24282465 |pmc=3840515 |doi=10.5489/cuaj.374 |url=}}</ref>
*Gleason score upgrading on [[prostatectomy]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Sfoungaristos S, Katafigiotis I, Perimenis P |title=The role of PSA density to predict a pathological tumour upgrade between needle biopsy and radical prostatectomy for low risk clinical prostate cancer in the modified Gleason system era |journal=Can Urol Assoc J |volume=7 |issue=11-12 |pages=E722–7 |year=2013 |pmid=24282465 |pmc=3840515 |doi=10.5489/cuaj.374 |url=}}</ref>
*BPH versus cancer.<ref name=pmid1371554>{{cite journal |author=Benson MC, Whang IS, Pantuck A, ''et al.'' |title=Prostate specific antigen density: a means of distinguishing benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer |journal=J. Urol. |volume=147 |issue=3 Pt 2 |pages=815–6 |year=1992 |month=March |pmid=1371554 |doi= |url=}}</ref>


====A forumla for PSAD====
====A forumla for PSAD====
*Benson:<ref>{{cite journal |author=Benson MC, Whang IS, Pantuck A, ''et al.'' |title=Prostate specific antigen density: a means of distinguishing benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer |journal=J. Urol. |volume=147 |issue=3 Pt 2 |pages=815–6 |year=1992 |month=March |pmid=1371554 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Benson ''et al.'':<ref name=pmid1371554>{{cite journal |author=Benson MC, Whang IS, Pantuck A, ''et al.'' |title=Prostate specific antigen density: a means of distinguishing benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer |journal=J. Urol. |volume=147 |issue=3 Pt 2 |pages=815–6 |year=1992 |month=March |pmid=1371554 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
:<math>PASD = \frac{serum PSA}{volume}</math>
:<math>PASD = \frac{serum PSA}{volume}</math>
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