The prostate-specific antigen test

Volume: 7, Issue: 5, Pages: 423 - 426
Published: Jul 23, 2013
Abstract
Before the 1980s, prostate cancer (PC) was considered a deadly disease. The mortality–incidence ratio showed that 1 out of each 2 – 3 PC patients died of this disease. On the other hand, autopsy studies have shown that latent PC is common in middle-aged men. The prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a glycoprotein produced by the epithelial cells of the prostate gland, received FDA's approval in 1986 for monitoring treatment response, and in 1994 as...
Paper Details
Title
The prostate-specific antigen test
Published Date
Jul 23, 2013
Volume
7
Issue
5
Pages
423 - 426
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