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[Use of prostate specific antigen. A review]
K Brasso1, P Skaarup, J U Roosen
1H:S Rigshospitalet, kirurgisk afdeling D.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|August 13, 1998
Abstract:
Since it was first introduced, measurement of prostate specific antigen has gained increasing interest, and prostate specific antigen is regarded as being the best tumour marker available. The antigen lacks cancer specificity, limiting the usefulness in early diagnosis, The use of prostate specific antigen in early diagnosis, staging, and in monitoring patients with prostate cancer is reviewed.