Levels of α2 macroglobulin can predict bone metastases in prostate cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1 B, 2001, Pages 551-556

  Kanoh, Y ^a   Ohtani, N ^a   Mashiko, T ^a   Ohtani, S ^a   Nishikawa, T ^a   Egawa, S ^a   Baba, S ^a   Ohtani, H ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 Macroglobulin; Bone metastases; Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER NEPHELOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANILIDES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035064832     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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