The ratio of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) to prostate volume (PSA density) as a parameter to improve the detection of prostate carcinoma in PSA values in the range of < 4 ng/mL

Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 993-1003

  Stephan, Carsten ^a   Stroebel, Greta ^a   Heinau, Marc ^a   Lenz, Andre ^a   Roemer, Andreas ^a   Lein, Michael ^a   Schnorr, Dietmar ^a   Loening, Stefan A ^a   Jung, Klaus ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; Prostate carcinoma; Prostate specific antigen; Prostate specific antigen density

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN DENSITY TEST; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TEST; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 23844517750     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21267     Document Type: Article

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