UTILITY OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN VALUES IN DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 16
Abstract
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a popular & time tested, easy and cheap investigation used in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. However it very important to know its limitations, reasons for the limitations like its relation to age of the individual, associated benign enlargement, any procedure or instrumentation done before the estimation etc. Blind cut off values without consideration given to these facts may lead to unnecessary biopsies and apprehension. Modified procedures like PSA density, rising values, ratio of its two molecular forms pro PSA/ Benign PSA (BPSA) give more information, however these are costlier and more sophisticated investigations that are not available at peripheral centers, in India.
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Acharya A. M
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