Clinical relevance of radioimmunologic determination of prostate specific antigen in prostate cancer
Fornara, P.; Sturm, W.; Fabricius, P.G.; Schmiedt, E.
Der Urologe. Ausg. a 26(3): 158-161
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0340-2592 PMID: 2440170 Document Number: 302293
To recognize progression of an inoperable prostatic cancer we use clinical parameters and the prostate specific phosphatase. The prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a new, sensitive and specific laboratory tumor marker. With 363 specimens of patients without prostatic cancer we defined for the normal range of this serum parameter. In 98 men with histologically proven prostatic cancers we investigated for the clinical relevancy of the serum level of PSA. We believe, that measurement of serum PSA give important information for clinical management of prostatic cancer.