An elevated PSA, which normalizes, does not exclude the presence of prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-352

  Boddy, Jane L ^a   Pike, D J ^b   Al Hayek, S ^a   Shaida, N ^a   Malone, P R ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGED; AGING; BIOPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 30544443873     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500819     Document Type: Article

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