Clinical implications of introducing a new PSA assay

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 657-661

  Venkitaraman, Ramachandran ^a   Norman, Andrew R ^b   Iqbal, Jhangir ^b   Dearnaley, David P ^a   Horwich, Alan ^a   Huddart, Robert A ^a   Parker, Chris C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assay; Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 48549107057     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-007-9330-7     Document Type: Article

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