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**In another series, 48% of individuals with cancer had a PSAD >0.15 ng/ml.<ref name=pmid22482342>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Aganovic | first1 = D. | last2 = Prcic | first2 = A. | last3 = Kulovac | first3 = B. | last4 = Hadziosmanovic | first4 = O. | title = Influence of the prostate volume, prostate specific antigen density and number of biopsy samples on prostate cancer detection. | journal = Med Arh | volume = 66 | issue = 1 | pages = 41-4 | month =  | year = 2012 | doi =  | PMID = 22482342 }}
**In another series, 48% of individuals with cancer had a PSAD >0.15 ng/ml.<ref name=pmid22482342>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Aganovic | first1 = D. | last2 = Prcic | first2 = A. | last3 = Kulovac | first3 = B. | last4 = Hadziosmanovic | first4 = O. | title = Influence of the prostate volume, prostate specific antigen density and number of biopsy samples on prostate cancer detection. | journal = Med Arh | volume = 66 | issue = 1 | pages = 41-4 | month =  | year = 2012 | doi =  | PMID = 22482342 }}
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***0.19 +/- 0.03 ng/ml (blacks).
*0.19 +/- 0.03 ng/ml (blacks).
***0.11 +/- 0.01 ng/ml (whites).  
*0.11 +/- 0.01 ng/ml (whites).  


Better predictor than (unadjusted) serum PSA for:
Better predictor than (unadjusted) serum PSA for:

Revision as of 16:40, 22 October 2014

Prostate specific antigen, abbreviated PSA, is marker that is quite specific for the prostate.

General

  • Quantity in the serum used to screen for prostate cancer.
  • PSA immunostain useful for classifying a carcinoma as prostate carcinoma.

Serum PSA

Prostate specific antigen density

Abbreviated PSAD.
  • Normal is often considered to be: <0.15 ng/ml.
    • Approximately 8% of individuals below the cut-point (0.15 ng/ml) have medium or high-grade cancer.[3]
    • In another series, 48% of individuals with cancer had a PSAD >0.15 ng/ml.[4]
    • Difference between races have been noted; in those without prostate cancer:[1]
      • 0.19 +/- 0.03 ng/ml (blacks).
      • 0.11 +/- 0.01 ng/ml (whites).

Better predictor than (unadjusted) serum PSA for:

A forumla for PSAD

Benson et al.:[6]

Where:

.[8]
H, W, L are the height, width and length.

An alternate estimation of the volume is:

.
D1, D2, D3 are the major axes.

Note:

  • The volume of an ellipsoid is:
.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Henderson, RJ.; Eastham, JA.; Culkin, DJ.; Kattan, MW.; Whatley, T.; Mata, J.; Venable, D.; Sartor, O. (Jan 1997). "Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and PSA density: racial differences in men without prostate cancer.". J Natl Cancer Inst 89 (2): 134-8. PMID 8998182.
  2. Ku JH, Ahn JO, Lee CH, et al. (September 2002). "Distribution of serum prostate-specific antigen in healthy Korean men: influence of ethnicity". Urology 60 (3): 475–9. PMID 12350489.
  3. Boulos, MT.; Rifkin, MD.; Ross, J. (Sep 2001). "Should prostate-specific antigen or prostate-specific antigen density be used as the determining factor when deciding which prostates should undergo biopsy during prostate ultrasound.". Ultrasound Q 17 (3): 177-80. PMID 12973074.
  4. Aganovic, D.; Prcic, A.; Kulovac, B.; Hadziosmanovic, O. (2012). "Influence of the prostate volume, prostate specific antigen density and number of biopsy samples on prostate cancer detection.". Med Arh 66 (1): 41-4. PMID 22482342.
  5. Sfoungaristos S, Katafigiotis I, Perimenis P (2013). "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". Can Urol Assoc J 7 (11-12): E722–7. doi:10.5489/cuaj.374. PMC 3840515. PMID 24282465. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840515/.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Benson MC, Whang IS, Pantuck A, et al. (March 1992). "Prostate specific antigen density: a means of distinguishing benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer". J. Urol. 147 (3 Pt 2): 815–6. PMID 1371554.
  7. Verma A, St Onge J, Dhillon K, Chorneyko A (June 2014). "PSA density improves prediction of prostate cancer". Can J Urol 21 (3): 7312–21. PMID 24978363.
  8. Eri, LM.; Thomassen, H.; Brennhovd, B.; Håheim, LL. (2002). "Accuracy and repeatability of prostate volume measurements by transrectal ultrasound.". Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 5 (4): 273-8. doi:10.1038/sj.pcan.4500568. PMID 12627211.