Difference between revisions of "Prostate-specific antigen"
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===Serum PSA=== | ===Serum PSA=== | ||
*Normal - typically <= 4.0 ng/ | *Normal - typically <= 4.0 ng/ml. | ||
**[[Sensitivity]]: 82% (whites), 90% (blacks).<ref name=pmid8998182>{{Cite journal | last1 = Henderson | first1 = RJ. | last2 = Eastham | first2 = JA. | last3 = Culkin | first3 = DJ. | last4 = Kattan | first4 = MW. | last5 = Whatley | first5 = T. | last6 = Mata | first6 = J. | last7 = Venable | first7 = D. | last8 = Sartor | first8 = O. | title = Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and PSA density: racial differences in men without prostate cancer. | journal = J Natl Cancer Inst | volume = 89 | issue = 2 | pages = 134-8 | month = Jan | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 8998182 }} | **[[Sensitivity]]: 82% (whites), 90% (blacks).<ref name=pmid8998182>{{Cite journal | last1 = Henderson | first1 = RJ. | last2 = Eastham | first2 = JA. | last3 = Culkin | first3 = DJ. | last4 = Kattan | first4 = MW. | last5 = Whatley | first5 = T. | last6 = Mata | first6 = J. | last7 = Venable | first7 = D. | last8 = Sartor | first8 = O. | title = Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and PSA density: racial differences in men without prostate cancer. | journal = J Natl Cancer Inst | volume = 89 | issue = 2 | pages = 134-8 | month = Jan | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 8998182 }} | ||
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Age-normal: | Age-normal: | ||
*40s - 2.5. | *40s - 2.5 ng/ml. | ||
*50s - 3.5. | *50s - 3.5 ng/ml. | ||
*60s - 4.5. | *60s - 4.5 ng/ml. | ||
*70s - 6.5. | *70s - 6.5 ng/ml. | ||
====Prostate-specific antigen density==== | ====Prostate-specific antigen density==== | ||
:Abbreviated ''PSAD''. | :Abbreviated ''PSAD''. | ||